Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold his CEF Index Cards

his CEF Index Cards

dated 21 February 1926

in the London Borough of Wandsworth

measuring 44 mm (w) x 50 mm (h - inclusive of integral suspension)

1917" (September 1917) in black ink handwritten script

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold his CEF Index Cards(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre of the cross, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 25 mm (w) x 46. 64 mm (h), weighing 20. 3 grams, in better than very fine condition.