Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive The handle grip is composed

The handle grip is composed of a single piece of black painted wood

Navy Good Conduct Medal with engraved U

in bronze gilt (with Second award laurel leaves attached to ribbon)

awarded to individuals in the Wehrmacht who had single-handedly destroyed an enemy tank or “armoured combat vehicle” using a hand-held weapon

which functioned under the aegis of the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of National Defence in Ottawa

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive The handle grip is composed(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing 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 48. 18 mm (w) x 47.