Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold The shoulders are flanked by

The shoulders are flanked by straps constructed of black wool with field-grey underlays

and a Civil Service 25-Year Long Service Cross

54mm(height)

each of which incorporates four small buttons and are covered in the same black embroidered checkerboard pattern as that used on the buttons on the front

It measures 244 mm x 175 mm

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold The shoulders are flanked by(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swording piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 06