Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the 5th SFG began reducing

the 5th SFG began reducing its personnel in Vietnam

original ribbon with dual prong pinback hanger

50 Years Clasp on the ribbon

Chipyong-ni and Heartbreak Ridge

11 mm thick

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the 5th SFG began reducing(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