Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Hold After occupation duty in France

After occupation duty in France and the Netherlands

4 grams (including pinch clasp)

the arms of the cross enameled in white on the obverse and reverse

within a circular border of laurel leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Hold After occupation duty in France(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 block hinge emanating from an oval plate and a banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch similarly emanating from an oval plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for a controversial variation now