and Canadian Visit Commemorative Medal 1939 (bronze gilt
original ribbon and sticker residue on the reverse of the AS
Deutschlands Ritter- und Verdienst-Orden der Gegenwart (Germany’s Knight and Order of Merit of the Present)
in bronze with red enamels
On one occasion he found himself cut off with two men under intense machine-gun and rifle fire
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords GTRexclude and Canadian Visit Commemorative Medal(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a screw and backplate, unmarked, measuring 49. 21 mm (w) x 48. 32 mm (h), weighing 29. 7 grams (inclusive of backplate), in near extremely fine condition.