Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction A well-preserved HJ neckerchief

A well-preserved HJ neckerchief

In August 1942 Pearkes was returned to Canada and became General Officer Commanding in Chief Pacific Command

the obverse bearing a central raised rightward-facing profile of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II

measuring 36 mm (w) x 39 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension

In late 1969 television personality Bob Dornan

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction A well-preserved HJ neckerchief(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 61 mm (w) x 49. 33 mm (h), weighing 19. 5 grams,