A second Medal for Courage
the obverse bearing a central raised anchor overlaid by a German State Crown
a group photo of DJ personnel
before leaving for war service overseas and posted to RCAF Overseas Headquarters at London
Mounted from their period original medal bar using their period original ribbons - the long service decoration with its matching miniature eagle
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister Hold A second Medal for Courage(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 72 mm (w) x 48. 72 mm (h), weighing 16. 9 grams, in extremely fine condition.