Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Early fine quality

Early fine quality

The first states that Meyer was sentenced to death for his involvement in the illegal shooting of Canadian prisoners of war

surmounted by aplati royal crown suspension also in Gold

before embarking for France on July 14

and is stamped and dated to Kiel on June 28

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Early fine quality(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, the six oclock arm showing an illegible hand etched inscription which is presumably a recipients name, otherwise unmarked but