Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed surrounded by the Latin inscription

surrounded by the Latin inscription "PETRVS

before returning to the CCAC on January 4

an 1897 graduate

His Bronze Star citation reads: “For heroic service as a Wire Team Chief of the Corps Artillery

Age-appropriate material fatigue is evident to the leather elements

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed surrounded by the Latin inscription(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),