Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a World Airways Cap Badge)

a World Airways Cap Badge)

superposed by an enamelled white symbol of the Rising Sun

not including the plume and cockade

Constructed of an orange wool base with four rows of grey-silver threaded Russian braid

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a World Airways Cap Badge)(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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 19 mm (w) x 48. 01 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish to high contact points, in near