Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive maker marked WERSTEIN JENA

maker marked WERSTEIN JENA

1939 and signed by a man named Franz Kreiger or Kraiger

Order of White Falcon

and the entrenching tools were in the hands of the enemy

solders on both sides of the line were forced to dig in

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Auction Archive maker marked WERSTEIN JENA(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui, an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original matching backplate, with a short stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L