Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now one of the two posts

one of the two posts holding the crown in place to the medal is broken

with a navy cover embossed with a sideways profile of the ship

The painting was donated by Adelbert Anson

the ship commenced to burn furiously forward

Accompanied by the Official Statutes

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue Buy Now one of the two posts(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.