Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity Junior Technician Rank Sleeve Patch

Junior Technician Rank Sleeve Patch (light blue embroidered insignia

and Breast Badge (silver with black and white enamels

Instituted 1936

There is slight flecking of the enamel from wear

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity Junior Technician Rank Sleeve Patch(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central date of 1939 within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 70 mm (w) x 49. 34 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.