Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of likely of Italian or French

likely of Italian or French manufacture

1945 due to fuel shortages

featuring a pebbled design on all four sides

five-petaled Lippe rose integrated with a five-pointed gilt star

hallmarked with boars head denoting French manufacture and small silver guarantee post 1838

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of likely of Italian or French(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms 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. 96 mm (w) x 48. 10 mm (h),