Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold and a Civil Service 25-Year

and a Civil Service 25-Year Long Service Cross

exhibiting moderate surface rust on the blade and light contact on the handle

The shoulders are flanked by straps constructed of black wool with field-grey underlays

the Maskenbrille had short v-shaped double arms

54mm(height)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold and a Civil Service 25-Year(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swording piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 06