Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive This written order is dated

This written order is dated 28 November 1873

1942 for his role in the Battle of the Demyansk Pocket

The peak insignia measures 95 mm (w) x 95 mm (h) and is topped by a hollow insertion slot set into the walls

while the reverse illustrates a beaver with "CANADA" above and "RIFLES" below framed by the floral pattern

some age-appropriate oxidation evident

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, Screwback Version, by Hymmen & Co. Auction Archive This written order is dated(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern an Schraubscheibe). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 central threaded screwpost retaining an original backplate, the six oclock arm showing an illegible hand etched inscription which is presumably a recipients name, otherwise unmarked but