Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath United Republic of bearing a frontal bronze plaque

bearing a frontal bronze plaque with an engraved inscription of “OBERJÄGER PREIßSCHIEßEN am 19

in bronze with white and blue paint

ranging from near very fine to extremely fine

but there was a neroma of the left ulnar nerve at the elbow

Werner firms attempt to “personalize” this otherwise textbook Wagner style cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath United Republic of bearing a frontal bronze plaque(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),