Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of (Protivovazdushna i Himimicheska Zashtita /

(Protivovazdushna i Himimicheska Zashtita / Противовъздушна и Химимическа Защита)

Berlin” on the obverse

(Mecklenburg-Schwerin Paar Schulterklappen für einen Generalmajor)

and the miniature in a simple cardstock box

Army Award Document

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of (Protivovazdushna i Himimicheska Zashtita /(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crosses swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 05 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm