Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive Heer (Army) Infantry NCO/EM Visor

Heer (Army) Infantry NCO/EM Visor Cap - This cap is in typical Heer army green wool with a 42 mm wide forest green band and a traditional high peak with matching white piping along the top edge and flanking either side of the band

Pinned onto the peak of the cap is an enameled HJ badge

scuffing and edge wear on the exterior

A pair of miniature medals

with a small line of discolouration evident to the lower right corner when viewed from the obverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Archive Heer (Army) Infantry NCO/EM Visor(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.