Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Archive in regards to his left

in regards to his left ankle Pott's fracture and the resultant arthritis

the interior with a blue velvet medal bed and silk lid marked Huguenin Frères & Co Médailleurs Le Locle (Suisse)

37 mm x 64 mm

He was a resident of Oxford Mills

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Archive in regards to his left(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, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 94 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its original presentation