Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Hold interspersed with historical information

interspersed with historical information

in gilt alloy

with the same maker mark on the hanger's reverse

Young Robert Murray attended Withrow Public School from 1913 to 1919

Constructed of mutli-coloured tightly woven machine embroidery

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Hold interspersed with historical information(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x 47. 97 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of heavy card stock with a faux black