Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac published by the Oxford University

published by the Oxford University Press

In bronzed molded aluminum

All suspended from an addition War Commemorative Medal of 1870/71 for Combatants ribbon which has been stitched with five hooks for suspension

a field photo of Josef in uniform

and I’m able to bring them to my side

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac published by the Oxford University(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 94 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its original presentation