Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 1st Class (Gold and enamels

1st Class (Gold and enamels

and Order of National Liberation

placed on command at the 3rd Canadian Convalescent Depot and admitted to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park

He was posted to the 17th Reserve Battalion from May 6 to July 17

Footnote: This firm is currently unidentified as to who they are

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity 1st Class (Gold and enamels(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 47 mm (w) x 48. 41 mm (h), weighing 24.