Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now two or three blue stripes

two or three blue stripes

on June 21

maker marked "ELKINGTON 22 REGENT St

scored two direct bomb hits on the bow of the hostile vessel which eventually sank

when he was Killed in Action during the Battle of the Somme

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now two or three blue stripes(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross paty constructed of silvered tombac, the arms are pebbled with smooth borders, two upwards facing crossed swords lay between the arms, the obverse centre is inscribed with 1939 encompassed by a wreath, the reverse is plain bearing a vertical pinback, measuring 49. 56 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), very fine.