Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive 23 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station

23 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and reported as "Dangerously Wounded" on the 28th

he was struck off strength to Canada

the order’s insignia superimposed on the obverse in Gold featuring a white enamelled star with ball finials

the remaining forty-three badges with intact enamels

ISBN 5-417-00373-5

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive 23 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station(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 crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 61 mm (w) x 48. 49