Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords Auction Archive The black grade wound badge

The black grade wound badge stick pin with a 50 mm long knurled pin (slightly bent)

Bremen” on the reverse

She was the daughter of Friedrich Sowinski and his wife Luisa

A well made badge in solid silver

The American was not seriously injured

Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords Auction Archive The black grade wound badge(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered feinzink; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; measuring 48. 31 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h); weighing 26. 0 grams; with the majority of its original