Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Archive graduating on November 26

graduating on November 26

thus exposing approximately 20 mm of the interior twisted cotton strings

In stamped brass with nickle silver faceplate affixed by two rivets

Somerset Struben de Chair served in the Middle East and saw action during the Iraqi and Syrian campaigns

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by C.E. Juncker Archive graduating on November 26(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tomback, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a C shaped flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 49. 10 mm (w) x 48.