A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords GTRexclude with a forest green felt

with a forest green felt underside

the circle representative of the 26th Infantry Battalion

stamped outside of the pin L/13 (for P

hairline crack on reverse center

A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords GTRexclude with a forest green feltA textbook example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a slightly flattened wire catch; measuring 48. 52 mm x 48. 95 mm; weighing 13. 0 grams; light bubbling on the surface of the badge; better than