Judging by the questions we have been asked and the positive response to this book a large number of the next of kin
Marshall from Sir Arthur Harris
constructed of machine-embroidered silver thread on a dark green wool background
the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Maximilian Joseph
with the 217th Infantry Battalion and the Canadian Labour Corps
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint War Merit Medal Hold Judging by the questions we(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR KRIEGS VERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. mm in diameter, weighing aprox. 13 grams, in near mint condition.