Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac directly below is a pink

directly below is a pink embroidered soutache

maker marked "CARL WILD HAMBURG" on the reverse

he was promoted to Lance Sergeant on December 18

John Adams was with the Manitoba Dragoons when he enlisted for service in the Boer War with the Royal Canadian Regiment Infantry

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac directly below is a pink(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, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a 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 47. 98 mm (w) x 47.