Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Julius Bauer & Söhne
(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julis Bauer & Söhne, Zella-Mehlis, measuring 47.84 mm (w) x 47.56 mm (h), weighing 18.0 grams, in extremely fine condition.

