Measuring 480 mm (w) x 680 mm (h)
along with incorporating enamels in the crown
Footnote: Footnote: Friedrich Lautenschlager was born on December 24
the obverse medallion superimposed on the star featuring a white enamel cross with green enamel border
character inscription in the centre spread
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Archive Measuring 480 mm (w) x(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