Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By C.e. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac illustrating mountains and trees with

illustrating mountains and trees with a ribbon banner inscribed "MRZLI" below

Crossguard is brass

The case completes with four magnetic metal rivets on the base for even standing

was born on October 2nd

" Pearce received a congratulatory letter from the General Officer Commanding-in Chief of the Fourteenth Army

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By C.e. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac illustrating mountains and trees with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 47. 98 mm (w) x 48. 45 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams, accompanied