Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive slightly dirty/salty from storage

slightly dirty/salty from storage

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

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

Operation Tiger Hound

in bronze gilt (with Second award laurel leaves attached to ribbon)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive slightly dirty/salty from storage(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.