Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction and IV Class Officer: three-piece

and IV Class Officer: three-piece construction

British Columbia Light Horse at Kamloops

dual wool loops are sewn to each shoulder and bear shoulder boards constructed of braided gold bullion wire

with sporadic fatigue and mothing evident

A second war German “Nahkampfspange”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Auction and IV Class Officer: three-piece(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 38 mm (w) x 48. 75 mm (h), weighing 20. 4 grams, demonstrating near total