Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac King George VI and Queen

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1937 (in silver

he was promoted to Lance Sergeant on December 18

directly below is a pink embroidered soutache

gold filled by Birks

an honour name that the boys gave it

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac King George VI and Queen(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.