Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Sword and Case, by Carl Poellath Buy Now surrounded by the inscription "SE

surrounded by the inscription "SE AVANZO SEGVITEMI OPERA BALILLA"

and an Eastern Winter Campaign medal ribbon

constructed of a single sheet of magnetic molybdenum steel which retains the vast majority of its original slate-grey paint

the outer two bearing gold accents in a chevron pattern

It is signed by a Hauptmann and Company Leader

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Sword and Case, by Carl Poellath Buy Now surrounded by the inscription "SE(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit 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 raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 49. 04 mm (w) x 48. 74 mm