Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Archive and today emphasizes its role

and today emphasizes its role as a shooting sports association

He is buried in Bourlon Wood Cemetery

all are are unmarked

bar suspension with gilt 27 Years bar

The bladder will tolerate not more than three ounces

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Archive and today emphasizes its role(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobiled swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 45 mm (h), weighing 21. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation