Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Chipyong-ni and Heartbreak Ridge

Chipyong-ni and Heartbreak Ridge

contained within "Huguenin Freres" case of issue

set on a 70 mm-long non-magnetic backer with a horizontal pinback

the 5th SFG began reducing its personnel in Vietnam

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Chipyong-ni and Heartbreak Ridge(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