Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac later absorbing the 214th and

later absorbing the 214th and 232nd Battalions on April 29

Silver Grade (silvered metal and enamels

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey snake

the reverse retaining an original black paper lining with the remnants of a sales label

(1934-1937) A fine quality manufacture DRK (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz/German Red Cross) breast star for the grand cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac later absorbing the 214th and(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 bearing 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 48. 18 mm (w) x 47.