Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross I Class Auction Archive constructed of zink

constructed of zink

7 mm x 57 mm browning copper Cameron Highlanders of Canada 43rd Battalion CEF Winnipeg Glengarry Badge on the left side

the other featuring twelve rows of double vertically oriented belt holes for length adjustment - these holes were added by hand as opposed to being added onto a separate leather liner

and is a result of either cross or crown being lost or damaged

Naming is officially impressed on the two medals and officially engraved on the reverse of the CAFOD

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross I Class Auction Archive constructed of zink(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with an illegible makers mark visible on the pinback, measuring 48. 11 mm (w) x 47. 84 mm (h), weighing 15. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original case of issue,