Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity and Collar Tab Pair (brass

and Collar Tab Pair (brass

a Bavarian Military Order of Merit ribbon with miniature crossed swords

the maple leaf incorporating veins in its design

a Photograph of Bounds in his 5th Infantry Division Corporal's Uniform (black and white

Voluntarily entering the minefield to obtain a stretcher lying there

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity and Collar Tab Pair (brass(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 60 mm (h),