Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity Single French Medal

Single French Medal

but by early 1943 it had been passed for disposal to a ‘well-known charity organisation’

now attached to the 6th Airborne Division

A unique and well-preserved German-manufactured Czechoslovak M31 steel helmet

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity Single French Medal(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). 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 flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julis Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 84 mm (w) x 47. 56 mm (h), weighing 18. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition.