Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now hallmarked with a boar's head

hallmarked with a boar's head on the pin

near very fine condition

affixed to a 35 mm-long bronzed backer with a horizontal pinback

Footnote: Herbert Bruce Bellamy enlisted for seven years' service on June 9

Between March 1944 and May 1945

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Case Buy Now hallmarked with a boar's head(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback with an illegible Prsidialkanzlei makers code, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 24 mm (h), weighing 13. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of card