Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed 0 grams with ribbon attached

0 grams with ribbon attached

issued to Oberleutnant Heinz Pohle

before returning to the CCAC on January 4

measuring 23 mm (w) x 42

surrounded by the Latin inscription "PETRVS

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed 0 grams with ribbon attached(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 96 mm (w) x 48. 10 mm (h),