Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity in red case of issue

in red case of issue (case scuffed

33 mm x 36

winner of four gold medals

set of very fine equality manufacture by official maker of Bavarian insignia Eduard Quellhorst

His health record describes him as being blind in his right eye

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity in red case of issue(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 bearing 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 48. 18 mm (w) x 47.