Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic flanked on each side by

flanked on each side by Heer-style eagles clutching mobile swastikas of identical construction

So wrote Pte

a 1938 Karlsruhe SA combat games badge

The shaft bears dual integrated oak leaf bands

before moving to Sherbrooke and joining the Sherbrooke Garrison Battery of Artillery (Sherbrooke Garrison Artillery)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic flanked on each side by(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the latter consisting of a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and early issue flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt,