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Germany. A Late War Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross W. Swords. Cased Newly Listed and at the end ofAn example of a seldom encountered cased late war issue Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (Ritterkreuz zum Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern); a large Maltese cross in feinzink; on a loop assembly for suspension from its period original full size neck ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse