Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction Archive parade mounting with an iron

parade mounting with an iron core

comprising:1939-1945 Star

with radiant sun rays between the quadrants

with Kirby being taken on strength by the 6th Reserve Battalion on January 31

while he was asleep during a train journey in India to his native Nepal in 1967

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Auction Archive parade mounting with an iron(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centre, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 55 mm (h), weighing 22. 2