Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of Footnote: The Cross of Valour

Footnote: The Cross of Valour was established in 1913

the attack on the Estonian islands Saaremaa

fight and victory of the NSDAP")

smaller photo (5x7cm)

Robert Cushman

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker United Republic of Footnote: The Cross of Valour(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