Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed the obverse centre presents a

the obverse centre presents a pebbled field with a mobile swastika held aloft by two sprigs of barley

Private Corbett was with the 7th Infantry Battalion

maker marked “WILHELM DEUMER

depicting visit of Peter II of Yugoslavia visiting an Air Base

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on February 5

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Rudolf Souval Newly Listed the obverse centre presents a(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded lug and backplate, the latter maker marked with LDO code L58 for Rudolf Souval, Vienna, measuring 48. 07 mm (w) x 48. 06 mm (h), weighing 28. 0 grams, with loss of finish evident, an unusual variant