Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By C.e. Juncker, With Case United Republic of 29” (Seiffen Erzgebirge)

29” (Seiffen Erzgebirge)

5 mm ribbon bar with pinback

the reverse with an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR”)

Austro-Hungarian Colonel and Commander of the 1st Banal Frontier Infantry Regiment (Banal-Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment)

on a feldgrau embroidered backer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By C.e. Juncker, With Case United Republic of 29” (Seiffen Erzgebirge)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse with a screwback, maker marked with L 12 for C. E. Juncker, measuring 49. 19 mm (w) x 48. 66 mm (h), and in very fine condition, accompanied by its period original presentation case,