Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer Söhne GTRexclude he worked as a Farmhand

he worked as a Farmhand on his family's farm in nearby Ditchfield for seven years

size marked "7"

the text by Václav Měřička

arms exhibit some enamel chipping

Patrick for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer Söhne GTRexclude he worked as a Farmhand(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 pebbled 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. 08 mm (w) x 47.