Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case GTRexclude his Caterpillar Club Membership Card

his Caterpillar Club Membership Card (named to "W/O N

surrounded by the inscription "МОСКОВСКОИ ДУХОВНОИ АКАДЕМИИ В СВЯТО-ТРОИЦКОИ СЕРГИЕВОИ ЛАВРЕ / 150 ЛЕТ"

fully trimmed with carmine piping

surrounded by a green enamel ring

GAUNT & SON Ltd" and marked "WARRANTED FIRE GILT" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, With Case GTRexclude his Caterpillar Club Membership Card(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 13 mm (w) x 47. 97 mm (h), weighing 21. 8 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of heavy card stock with a faux black