1939 War Merit Cross 1st Class w/Swords by Julius Bauer (G)
Price: $225
BUY / RESERVE THIS ITEMDescription: Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern. A Maltese cross in silver tombak, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a flat-wire clasp-hook; wide vertical, straight pin from a raised block hinge, unmarked but with the obvious characteristics of ‘Julius Bauer & Sohnes’ (they came unmarked & marked ‘43’; measuring 48 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), this maker only used tombak; a very fine, high quality badge.
