Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive Maryland National Guard Guard State

Maryland National Guard Guard State Service Cross (bronze

within blue enameled ring

where much larger crowds were watching

socialist and philosopher

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive Maryland National Guard Guard State(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 a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch emanating from a circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne,