Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Royal Canadian Artillery at Victoria

Royal Canadian Artillery at Victoria

inclusive of its trophy of arms suspension)

he was transferred to the 15th Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders of Canada" as a reinforcement

Superimposed onto the badge is a single airplane propeller marked “K

for ribbon bars and three awards

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Wilhelm Deumer Hold Royal Canadian Artillery at Victoria(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords through the centerpiece, the revere with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 3 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 63 mm (w) x 47. 55 mm (h), weighing 18. 1 grans, most of