Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive was known as the "Grocer"

was known as the "Grocer"

1878 in Ridgetown

Slight soiling and material fatigue consistent with period wear is evident

1943 and was awarded to both partisans and civilians in peace and wartime for acts of bravery

that he was not married (later changed to "yes") and that his trade was that of Lithographer

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive was known as the "Grocer"(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