Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction four are maker marked "Y

four are maker marked "Y

A Danish Army Long Service Award for 16 Years- in bronze fire gilt

The blade is plain with the exception of a maker’s mark on the obverse ricasso reading “F

along with a "Passed by Sensor" stamp and two 2 1/2 pence postage stamps)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction four are maker marked "Y(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swording piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 06