Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Auction Archive along with two members of

along with two members of the Special Air Service

measuring 100 mm (w) x 124 mm (l) x 30 mm (h)

A literary celebrity by the age of 25

measuring 68 mm (w) x 78 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Auction Archive along with two members of(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