Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now complete with its vaulted backing

complete with its vaulted backing plate and outer screw-nut

Oberleutnant of the Luftwaffe

R/140182 Warrant Officer Class I Harry Leo Teasdale enlisted with the RCAF on November 14

the third inscribed "He 115 V-1" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now complete with its vaulted backing(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