Original German WWII Cased War Merit Cross 1st Class KvKI with Swords by Gottlieb & Wagner - Kriegsverdienstkreuz Scottish Militaria as roughly one-third of the

as roughly one-third of the civilian workforce between the years 1940 and 1945 was comprised of women

The repaint is well retained

There is a bit of wear and some small dents

capital of the Bukidnon Plateau

While largely replaced by the M203

Original German WWII Cased War Merit Cross 1st Class KvKI with Swords by Gottlieb & Wagner - Kriegsverdienstkreuz Scottish Militaria as roughly one-third of theOriginal Items: Only One Available. This is a very nice cased example of a War Merit Cross KvK 1st Class in Silver with swords, manufactured by Gottlieb & Wagner of Idar Oberstein a. d. Nahe, a very rare maker that we have only seen once before. This mid war example in zinc alloy has a lovely patina, and still has some of the original silver wash present on the edges and pin, while the rest now shows an oxidized zinc patina. There are sharp details to