Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed advancing over the years from

advancing over the years from Gunner to Captain in the Canadian Active Service Force and the Canadian Army Active Forces

he went back to the Pacific

became known as Kosacken Abtielung 102

with two neat folds

leather restraining strap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath Newly Listed advancing over the years from(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 60 mm (h),