Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive 1942 in Black Boulton (or

1942 in Black Boulton (or Burton Abbots) (St

A multi-rayed enameled green eight-pointed star in silver

the base with a white cord trim around a recessed medal bed in black felt

He joined the Kriegsmarine on October 16

twenty-four First World War German and French Banknotes (in various denominations

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive 1942 in Black Boulton (or(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