A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold Scarce in tombac

Scarce in tombac

grayish-blue cloth covering on a stiff convex base

blue and white enamels

Major in 1903

in white Gold

A War Merit Cross First Class With Swords By Julius Bauer & Söhne Hold Scarce in tombacA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered tombak; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a barrel hinge, a tapered vertical pin, and a slightly rounded catch; maker marked 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis on the pin; measuring 47. 73 mm x 47. 84 mm; weighing 23. 0 grams; in mint condition.