Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Hold In the early twentieth century

In the early twentieth century

Lieutenant Baker (later Captain Baker

the significance of which is unknown

He returned to H

inscribed “Jubiläum-Sternflug Cannstatter Wasen” above and “1911-1936” below

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Hold In the early twentieth century(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross paty constructed of silvered tombac, the arms are pebbled with smooth borders, two upwards facing crossed swords lay between the arms, the obverse centre is inscribed with 1939 encompassed by a wreath, the reverse is plain bearing a vertical pinback, measuring 49. 56 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), very fine.