Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold with modern sash

with modern sash

1917" (September 1917) in black ink handwritten script

his CEF Index Cards

He was transferred to Mont de Cats on July 14th

in the London Borough of Wandsworth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold with modern sash(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre of the cross, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 25 mm (w) x 46. 64 mm (h), weighing 20. 3 grams, in better than very fine condition.