Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of (Bayerischer Kriegerbund Abzeichen)

(Bayerischer Kriegerbund Abzeichen)

two of which are bent back)

measuring 61 mm (w) x 92 mm (l) x 14 mm (h)

the obverse bearing a raised Ordnungspolizei insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

wear evident in the red enamels on the reverse centrepiece

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of (Bayerischer Kriegerbund Abzeichen)(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