Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Hold it was and continues to

it was and continues to be awarded for services to agriculture

the arms of the cross enameled in white on the obverse and reverse

It is signed in blue ink by a Captain and acting Wing Commander

The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed black celluloid

4 grams (including pinch clasp)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Friedrich Orth Hold it was and continues to(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge emanating from an oval plate and a banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch similarly emanating from an oval plate, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for a controversial variation now