Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt, With Case GTRexclude reverse with a wide barrel

reverse with a wide barrel hinge and flat pinback meeting a round wire catch

green and blue threading in the crown's base

where he would be part of the RCAF Special Reserve until September 30

as well as combat missions on the Western Front between January 4 and March 1

A small note is made in his logbook that he was married August 30

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt, With Case GTRexclude reverse with a wide barrel(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, reverse of pin marked with number 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, measuring 48. 05 mm (w) x 48. 23 mm (h), and in very fine condition, accompanied by its period