Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold his CEF Index Cards

his CEF Index Cards

the reverse inscribed MEDAILLE FÜR DEUTSCHE VOLKSPFLEGE (MEDAL FOR THE CARE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE)

1917" (September 1917) in black ink handwritten script

measuring 44 mm (w) x 50 mm (h - inclusive of integral suspension)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold his CEF Index Cards(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre of the cross, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 25 mm (w) x 46. 64 mm (h), weighing 20. 3 grams, in better than very fine condition.