Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939)

(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939)

) and numbered "17" on the reverse)

This lot is also accompanied by a 30 page service record which includes extensive medical documentation

A Unit Marked Police Long Bayonet by Clemen & Jung

the doctor noting during his examination that Sutton had "left France with bronchitis but no signs of anything since his return to Canada

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, pin marked with number 1 for Deschler & Sohn, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 44 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, and in better than very fine condition.