Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive Pinned onto the peak of

Pinned onto the peak of the cap is an enameled HJ badge

Heer (Army) Infantry NCO/EM Visor Cap - This cap is in typical Heer army green wool with a 42 mm wide forest green band and a traditional high peak with matching white piping along the top edge and flanking either side of the band

above laurel and oak leaf branches joined by an Iron Cross

Sash badge in silver gilt with a five pointed star with blue and red enamels

with minor tarnish evident

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive Pinned onto the peak of(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a 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. 98 mm (w) x 47.