Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive and with the stylized logo

and with the stylized logo of “Hermann Aurich

2nd Ontario Regiment in Toronto

at the age of 43

matching new-old stock Waffen-SS Artillery enlisted man’s shoulder boards

measuring 40 mm (w) x 25 mm (h)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive and with the stylized logo(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Descher & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 42 mm (h), weighing 23. 7