Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude The blade presents plain with

The blade presents plain with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso in the form of a late-pattern inscription of “ERNST PACK & SÖHNE

Order of Canada

After the Russians carried out daring recon from the north and east with tanks

with a reverse leather tongue perforated with four wide slits set into the centre and two additional sliding brown leather loops retaining metal rings

We give the Maryknoll Missionaries credit for enabling us to evade capture and get from behind the enemy lines and back to our U

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude The blade presents plain with(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 Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 52 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 grams, demonstrating natural silver tarnishing throughout, in mint