Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction In its maroon hardshelled case

In its maroon hardshelled case of issue

Idar Oberstein” on reverse

the Order of the Crown of Italy (1868)

1915 in Windsor

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Auction In its maroon hardshelled case(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 01 mm (w) x 48. 95 mm (h), weighing 21. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original case of issue, constructed of card