Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic superimposing on a nicely enameled

superimposing on a nicely enameled blue background

rosette in silvered bronze with red

with the right side bearing a black ink size stamp with the number “58”

measuring 200 mm (l) x 65 mm (h)

horizontal pinback and intact prong on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic superimposing on a nicely enameled(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui, an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screw post retaining an original matching backplate, with a short stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L