Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive awarded to individuals in the

awarded to individuals in the Wehrmacht who had single-handedly destroyed an enemy tank or “armoured combat vehicle” using a hand-held weapon

slightly dirty/salty from storage

which functioned under the aegis of the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of National Defence in Ottawa

Both his Southwest Campaign medal as well as teh Order of Vasa are confirmed in the Bavarian 1914 military handbook

Two Second War German Badge - A bronze grade close combat badge by maker "Juncker"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive awarded to individuals in the(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.