Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold Kingdom: Italian-Austrian War Medal 1914-1918

Kingdom: Italian-Austrian War Medal 1914-1918 (bronze

In November 1944

Footnote: Armando Vittorio Diaz (1861-1928) was a general and then chief of staff of the Royal Italian armed forces during the final phases of the First World War

all set on a 98 mm-long bronze medal bar with a horizontal pinback

consisting of 1) An Iron Cross 1914 second class ribbon

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Hold Kingdom: Italian-Austrian War Medal 1914-1918(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 82 mm (w) x 48. 44 mm (h), weighing 17. 2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.