Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne visually-hidden Legal adoptions shall not qualify

Legal adoptions shall not qualify for lineal descent

1912 when the 88th Regiment

with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M1/17” for maker F

missing its ribboned suspension)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne visually-hidden Legal adoptions shall not qualify(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crosses swords 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 characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 05 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm