and Medical Officer's "Hauptmann" Shoulder Board (four rows of gray embroidered and fine silvered aluminum wire wrapped around an off-white cord
surrounded by the inscription "TO THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF MASSACHVSETTS"
cufftitle is approximately 32mm tall
WILM” for the Berlin-based silversmith
Cross in GOLD and enamels
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Julius Bauer & Söhne Auction Archive and Medical Officer's "Hauptmann" Shoulder(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 raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Julis Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 84 mm (w) x 47. 56 mm (h), weighing 18. 0 grams, in extremely fine condition.