Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Hold on a crowned gilt plate

on a crowned gilt plate inscribed 7TH QUEEN’S OWN HUSSARS

Bulgarisches Heer (Bulgarian Army)

he was sent to the Voluntary Aid Detachment at Ashford to recuperate on September 15th

A Military Long Service I Class Cross for 15 Years (Militär Dienstauszeichnungen)

After his assessment by the medical personnel

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By B.h. Mayer Hold on a crowned gilt plate(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobiled swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code L 18 for maker B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 57 mm (w) x 49. 45 mm (h), weighing 21. 0 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation