Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity Some of these medals appear

Some of these medals appear from sewing on the ribbon to have actually been worn

that his religion was Church of England and that his trade was that of Logger

with about 900 being awarded in total

Footnote: Asa Bird Gardiner (September 30

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity Some of these medals appear(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crosses swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 05 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm