Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity period "Agfa Brovira" processing stamp

period "Agfa Brovira" processing stamp on the reverse

The blade is unmarked with the exception of a maker’s stamp near the reverse ricasso of “ALCOSO

His health record describes him as being blind in his right eye

The letter addressed to his mother Anna reads: as the current address of your son Arno is unknown to us

in red case of issue (case scuffed

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity period "Agfa Brovira" processing stamp(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.