Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By C.e. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Crossguard is brass

Crossguard is brass

but the letter is otherwise fully intact and in an extremely fine condition

" Pearce received a congratulatory letter from the General Officer Commanding-in Chief of the Fourteenth Army

and finally became flag-captain to Rear-Admiral George Martin

the Assistant Engineer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By C.e. Juncker consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Crossguard is brass(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 47. 98 mm (w) x 48. 45 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams, accompanied