Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Archive In blackened and silvered zinc

In blackened and silvered zinc

Peterborough County

with horizontally pierced ball for suspension

with gold crossed swords at the bottom leg

2nd Depot Battalion

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Archive In blackened and silvered zinc(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central date of 1939 within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 70 mm (w) x 49. 34 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.