Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case certificate_of_authenticity and attractive patina on the

and attractive patina on the cross

British columns rapidly advanced into Zululand and after fighting a number of major battles

just before Operation Cobra

Ivernia was hired by the British government as a troop transport and was placed under the command of Captain William Thomas Turner

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 55th Infantry Battalion "New Brunswick/P

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case certificate_of_authenticity and attractive patina on the(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 and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 09 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,