Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive with a third stabilizing bar

with a third stabilizing bar featuring integrated screws to securely hold the apparatus in place

This written order is dated 28 November 1873

scattered gilt wear evident on the royal monogram of King Frederick IX

and who was killed in action on 25 August 1944 on the Eastern Front

missing its clasp closure

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive with a third stabilizing bar(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, the six oclock arm showing an illegible hand etched inscription which is presumably a recipients name, otherwise unmarked but