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Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt certificate_of_authenticity The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the reverse of the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 48.