Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dated to 10 November 1939

dated to 10 November 1939

5 cm (w) x 232 cm (l)

he was sent to Germany to further his education

300 airmen who lost their lives during the Second World War while serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac dated to 10 November 1939(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 47. 48 mm (w) x 47. 48