Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Hold a dozen of these recruits

a dozen of these recruits joined the RAF

While the soldiers consistently acquitted themselves well in battle

with the same maker mark on the hanger's reverse

interspersed with historical information

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case Hold a dozen of these recruits(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x 47. 97 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of heavy card stock with a faux black