Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, With Swords In Case Buy Now Killed in action on 12th

Killed in action on 12th November 1943 in Russia

after which he stayed on as an instructor until 1944

reverse stamped in green ink "Zur Erinnerung an die Verleihung des Gaudiplems / 1

15 mm x 15 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, With Swords In Case Buy Now Killed in action on 12th(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central raised mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 22 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 23. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation