Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with a vertical

the reverse with a vertical banjo style pinback

all suspended from a 150 mm-long zink bar with a golden-yellow rayon reverse liner and horizontal pinback

later taking part in Operation Jubilee (AKA Dieppe Raid) on August 19

25mm (h - inclusive of its crown suspension)

December 1943

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with a vertical(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. 88 mm (w) x 47. 61 mm