Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity The unit moved to France

The unit moved to France on October 8

incorporating the Danish national flag in coloured thread

The insignia are original to the cap and appear to be machine stitched to the cap

Private Cumming proceeded overseas for service in the French theatre

in an envelope addressed to his uncle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity The unit moved to France(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flat vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 33 mm (w) x 47. 72 mm (h),