Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed measuring 23 mm (w) x

measuring 23 mm (w) x 42

Throughout his career he was awarded the Medal for the Campaign of 1936-1939

surrounded by the Latin inscription "PETRVS

0 grams with ribbon attached

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Newly Listed measuring 23 mm (w) x(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms 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 47. 96 mm (w) x 48. 10 mm (h),