Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Archive operating during the Italian Occupation

operating during the Italian Occupation of Albania and during the Second World War

greeting a crowd of people

the obverse with a large flag constructed of blue

by Decree of 2

the interior with a blue velvet medal bed and silk lid marked Huguenin Frères & Co Médailleurs Le Locle (Suisse)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case Archive operating during the Italian Occupation(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 94 mm (w) x 47. 65 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its original presentation