Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Hold First World War National Army

First World War National Army Silver Stars are scarce

interspersed with edelweiss

having participated in the Battle of the Pyrenees (July 25-30

and a 600 gold content mark

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer Hold First World War National Army(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 47. 48 mm (w) x 47. 48