Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive All suspended from a 120

All suspended from a 120 mm-long zink alloy bar with a horizontal pinback and white rayon reverse liner

housed under glass

The pendant measures 17

and an overall body length of 69 cm

deterioration of most of the decals

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Auction Archive All suspended from a 120(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 block hinge emanating from an oval plate and a banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch similarly emanating from an oval plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for a controversial variation now