Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed 1948 in Ottawa

1948 in Ottawa

699 and awarded to those who distinguished themselves by very important service deeds

bars dated between 1932 and 1940 have to be considered unofficial

A Grand Officer Star

a pair of photos depicting siblings in HJ and DJ uniforms

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed 1948 in Ottawa(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 93 mm (w) x 47. 68 mm