Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold in silvered nickel

in silvered nickel

in Royal Mint Case of Issue

from February 1935 to March 1936

printed under the authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Jas

maker marked “Pollopas

Germany, Wehrmacht. A I. Class War Merit, With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold in silvered nickel(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted on 18. 10. 1939 by A. H. (Issued 1939 1945). A Maltese cross in silvered zink, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch, measuring 47. 24 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 18. 2