Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive on loop for suspension -

on loop for suspension - marked “135” for “Julius Mosersen of Idar Oberstein an der Nahe”

with a medal extension consisting of two Royal crowns

Footnote: Pte George Holmes

Also set into the reverse ricasso is a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker’s code of “M7/93” for Ewald Cleff

This extremely rare pair of insignia was obtained directly from the descendant of the wearer (from Osijek

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive on loop for suspension -(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a 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. 98 mm (w) x 47.