Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Archive A Ribbon for the Knight's

A Ribbon for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 - A segment of ribbon (length 49

with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping

1889 in Oppeln (present-day Opole

on loop for suspension (unmarked) from its period original ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Archive A Ribbon for the Knight's(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 60 mm (h),