Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction Archive Footnote: these leaflets were usually

Footnote: these leaflets were usually scattered from the air in known Partisan territory by German and Croatian aeroplanes

Naming is in raised lettering

1945 due to a heart condition and a hydrocele

India Mutiny Medal 1837-1858

or that she suffered some sort of catastrophic internal explosion in number one boiler room

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Auction Archive Footnote: these leaflets were usually(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 through the centerpiece, the reverse with a screw and backplate, unmarked, measuring 49. 21 mm (w) x 48. 32 mm (h), weighing 29. 7 grams (inclusive of backplate), in near extremely fine condition.