Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold The accompanying sheath fully wrapped

The accompanying sheath fully wrapped in leather from the blade entry point to the tip

with modern sash

1917" (September 1917) in black ink handwritten script

worn (with award documents for Silver Bomber Squadron Clasp

in the London Borough of Wandsworth

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold The accompanying sheath fully wrapped(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre of the cross, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 25 mm (w) x 46. 64 mm (h), weighing 20. 3 grams, in better than very fine condition.