Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of smaller photo (5x7cm)

smaller photo (5x7cm)

having made a good recovery from both the gun shot wound suffered on August 9

designed with a swivelling suspension ring for the Badge

Robert Cushman

5 cm (w) x 43cm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of smaller photo (5x7cm)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui, an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screw post retaining an original matching backplate, with a short stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L