Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, With Swords In Case Hold officially engraved to JOHN GRENENKO

officially engraved to JOHN GRENENKO

as the result of being an "Air Raid Casualty"

the Battalion was absorbed into 23rd Reserve Battalion

typewritten in black on white paper

The cap measures 262 mm x 270 mm x 110 mm overall

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, With Swords In Case Hold officially engraved to JOHN GRENENKO(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central raised mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 22 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 23. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation