Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction Immediately above the shako plate

Immediately above the shako plate is a cockade

Militia Attestation (1889) and Attestation for the Miltia (1903)

20 mm x 31 mm each

measuring 36 mm x 40 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction Immediately above the shako plate(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a screw and backplate, unmarked, measuring 49. 44 mm (w) x 48. 49 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.