Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Archive naming his personal contact as

naming his personal contact as his friend

measuring 211 mm (w) x 149 mm (h)

a rare example retaining virtually all of its original finish

171 mm x 239 mm

one with red paint added

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Archive naming his personal contact as(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tomback, 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 tapering vertical pinback meeting a C shaped flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 49. 10 mm (w) x 48.