Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of About 10 of the ships

About 10 of the ships of the line

It exhibits foxing on the top edges of the pages and on the first few pages at the front and back of the book

The Monte class of ships were prescient of what was to come for the KdF

Surrounding the cockade is a period original soutache in classic rose-pink Panzer Waffenfarbe

with several of the threads stitched to the structure of the fez

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by C.F. Zimmermann Republic of About 10 of the ships(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 52 for C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 38 mm (w) x 48. 75 mm (h), weighing 20. 4 grams, demonstrating near total