A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords Newly Listed observing an enemy 120 millimeter

observing an enemy 120 millimeter mortar position

and a crimped round wire catch

with two black finished magnetic metal buttons on either side at the front

in lacquered aluminum

numbered “091038” on reverse

A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords Newly Listed observing an enemy 120 millimeterA textbook example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a slightly flattened wire catch; measuring 48. 52 mm x 48. 95 mm; weighing 13. 0 grams; light bubbling on the surface of the badge; better than