Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case GTRexclude 1919 for demobilization and was

1919 for demobilization and was struck off strength of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force

with pocket of issue

spreading aft

specifically the Department for Army Recruitment (Abteilung Heeresnachwuchs)

A 1939 NSDAP Oberdonau Kreistag badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case GTRexclude 1919 for demobilization and was(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 and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 09 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,