Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Hold which employed him on financial

which employed him on financial business in Northern Russia and Finland in 1919

Dark bronze obverse

1569 (National Archives of Canada

measuring 91x140mm

printed in four colours on an off-white paper stock

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Hold which employed him on financial(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.