The helmet is flanked on each side by integrated ventilation holes opening into the interior
The medal mounted to a cardboard panel with an award document glued in place (the document illustrating four gold stars
chipping evident in the green enamels on the central emanating ray at 9 o'clock
1927 / THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF CONFEDERATION" with the Canadian coat-of-arms above
It is signed in blue ink by the Chief of Police of Karlsruhe on October 29
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Unusual Case, By Steinhauer & Lück Archive The helmet is flanked on(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 93 mm (w) x 47. 84 mm (h), weighing 18. 1 grams,