Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt, With Case Auction Archive Naming is officially impressed on

Naming is officially impressed on the Star and VM and officially engraved on the Cross

crafted out of silvered bronze

now designated as the 7th Reserve Battalion at Seaford

Manitoba on November 17

which was mistakenly credited to the USS Pompano (SS-181)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt, With Case Auction Archive Naming is officially impressed on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, 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 pinback, reverse of pin marked with number 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, measuring 48. 05 mm (w) x 48. 23 mm (h), and in very fine condition, accompanied by its period