Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity which could be used by

which could be used by the Germans to flood the valleys which opened the road to Berlin

in red case of issue (case scuffed

set of very fine equality manufacture by official maker of Bavarian insignia Eduard Quellhorst

winner of four gold medals

The blade is unmarked with the exception of a maker’s stamp near the reverse ricasso of “ALCOSO

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity which could be used by(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.