Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive Klasse und Kleiner Dekoration)

Klasse und Kleiner Dekoration)

the quartered arms of the first four provinces continued to be the only legally sanctioned coat of arms for the Dominion of Canada

a circlet inscribed Volunteer Medical Staff Corps with voided Geneva Cross to centre with red cloth backing to cross

76 Squadron

obverse centre Pisan cross in white enamels

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive Klasse und Kleiner Dekoration)(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.