Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Archive each with its own safety

each with its own safety pin attachment

A Ribbon for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 - A segment of ribbon (length 49

Footnote: The 4th Battalion was raised at Abbottabad

Maps and Sketches compiled and drawn by Captain J

which is constructed of painted metal alloy

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Archive each with its own safety(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 60 mm (h),