Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive Navy Good Conduct Medal with

Navy Good Conduct Medal with engraved U

in bronze gilt (with Second award laurel leaves attached to ribbon)

awarded to individuals in the Wehrmacht who had single-handedly destroyed an enemy tank or “armoured combat vehicle” using a hand-held weapon

and draw attention to its high quality embroidery

slightly dirty/salty from storage

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive Navy Good Conduct Medal with(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 bearing 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. 18 mm (w) x 47.