Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of a Maltese cross with white

a Maltese cross with white enamelled arms with ball finials and crowns in each quadrant

Second Lieutenant Word's forceful and determined leadership served to inspire his men to heroic endeavor in successfully defending the strategic outpost

bordered with “GEGEN HUNGER UND KÄLTE GAU MAGDEBURG-ANHALT

In a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs

A camouflage hood

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne United Republic of a Maltese cross with white(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 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. 88 mm (w) x 47. 61 mm