Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne visually-hidden An extremely well-preserved Feuerschutzpolizei EM/NCO’s

An extremely well-preserved Feuerschutzpolizei EM/NCO’s visor cap

(Wehrmacht Kompass)

four Romania

along with the text in the ribbon banner

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne visually-hidden An extremely well-preserved Feuerschutzpolizei EM/NCO’s(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 pebble 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 48. 25 mm (w) x 48.