Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of 76 mm (w) x 72

76 mm (w) x 72

94 inches]

Surrounding the cockade is a period original soutache in classic rose-pink Panzer Waffenfarbe

reverse ricasso is maker marked "P

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of 76 mm (w) x 72(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 38 mm (w) x 48. 75 mm (h), weighing 20. 4 grams, demonstrating near total