Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords Archive and First Class Recreational Shooting

and First Class Recreational Shooting Patch (white and yellow embroidery on a green felt base

3 Battalion Garrison Regiment on December 24th

During the war he was wounded at least three times

measuring 97 mm x 70 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords Archive and First Class Recreational Shooting(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a vaulted Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 90 mm (w) x 47. 94 mm (h), weighing 21. 4 grams, in extremely fine condition.