Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold 5 mm x 74 mm)

5 mm x 74 mm)

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(Gautag Westfalen-Süd Ehrenplakette)

the image under an oval glass and surrounded by forty-eight old cut diamonds on the perimeter of the frame

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold 5 mm x 74 mm)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, 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, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julis Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 84 mm (w) x 47. 56 mm (h), weighing 18. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition.