Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of Peter surrounded by an enameled

Peter surrounded by an enameled blue border with the inscription “AVVOCATI DI SAN PIETRO” (Advocates of St

marked with a Reichsleitung der Abreitsdienstes logo

Insignia in silvered bronze with green enamels

two of which are bent back)

wear evident in the red enamels on the reverse centrepiece

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of Peter surrounded by an enameled(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 flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 88 mm (w) x 47. 61 mm