Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity A 1935 15 Jahre Ortsgruppe

A 1935 15 Jahre Ortsgruppe Landshut - the oldest Ortsgruppe in Ostmark

Intact enamels on the Grand Cross

near extremely fine) to Matrose Ernst Meier of the 4th Minesweeping Flotilla

who was from St

West Sussex

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, With Case, By C.e. Juncker certificate_of_authenticity A 1935 15 Jahre Ortsgruppe(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original backplate and with a stabilizing pin emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker,