Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity Canadian Field Artillery CEF and

Canadian Field Artillery CEF and seven months with the 69th Battery (W

this time as a Rifleman with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles

the announcement appearing in the Sixth Supplement to the London Gazette 37599 of Tuesday

toned frame

the tag marked with the RZM insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, 1957 Issue certificate_of_authenticity Canadian Field Artillery CEF and(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central date of 1939 within a laurel wreath, with crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 49. 70 mm (w) x 49. 34 mm (h), weighing 22. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition.