Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords In Case Auction scattered gilt wear and edge

scattered gilt wear and edge nicks on the latter medal

very fine as well

Manitoba with the 184th Battalion

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11 Canadian General Hospital

Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords In Case Auction scattered gilt wear and edge(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered feinzink; 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 plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; measuring 48. 3 mm (w) x 48. 2 mm (h); with the majority of its original silver finish intact;