A 1938 Gau South Westfalen Ten Year Anniversary Meeting at Bochum Tinnie - Aluminum
The epaulets with minor tarnishing of the silver crescents and bronze stars is evident
It is accompanied by a matching buckle
Constructed of green fabric with grey machine embroidery on the obverse
The award was patterned after Napoleon's Legion of Honour of 1812 and the French Colonial Order of the dragon of Annam
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords Hold A 1938 Gau South Westfalen(Kriegsverdienstkreuze I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a rounded integral catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 13 mm (w) x 48. 63 mm (h), weighing 16. 7 grams, with loss of finish throughout, in overall very fine condition.