Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed 1963 to June 30

1963 to June 30

Berlin served as an official crown jeweller of Prussian royal family

while operating on patrol station "Cast"

where he was apparently an able athlete and marksman

the 12 o’clock arms bears the inscription “KONIG-GRATZ”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed 1963 to June 30(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebble arms and 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. 25 mm (w) x 48.