Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By C.e. Juncker GTRexclude the Order of the Red

the Order of the Red Star

a crack is visible to the wreath at the obverse three o’clock position

the order was renamed to its current title

with Gothic embroidered script in silvery thread

dated 21 June 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By C.e. Juncker GTRexclude the Order of the Red(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 47. 98 mm (w) x 48. 45 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams, accompanied