Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac an allusion to the Vulgate

an allusion to the Vulgate translation of Romans 8:35

unmarked (likley of French manufacture)

Vernon (1919

20cm in length

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac an allusion to the Vulgate(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.