Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive while Leigh-Mallory's headquarters was dissolved

while Leigh-Mallory's headquarters was dissolved in October as an unnecessary command echelon

9 Field Ambulance suffering from Influenza and Constipation and transferred to Mont des Cats the same day

and Medical Officer's "Hauptmann" Shoulder Board (four rows of gray embroidered and fine silvered aluminum wire wrapped around an off-white cord

including the Queen of France

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive while Leigh-Mallory's headquarters was dissolved(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, 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, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julis Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 84 mm (w) x 47. 56 mm (h), weighing 18. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition.