Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude He returned to HMCS St

He returned to HMCS St

the Non-Commisioned Officer's Senior Administrative patch marked in black ink "15" on the reverse

139th Infantry Battalion "Northumberland Battalion" Collar Dog (browning copper

containing 32 pages in black ink on an off-white coated paper stock

He took part in the liquidation of the Ustasha stronghold near the village of Manđelos and in the fight near Šašinac and Kupinovo against the Chetniks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn GTRexclude He returned to HMCS St(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 44 mm (w) x 48. 31 mm (h), weighing 23.