Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister GTRexclude measuring 208x148mm

measuring 208x148mm

1919 and posted to the Canadian Corps Camp Rhyl

notably wearing an embroidered 1939 Iron Cross II Class in addition to other wards

becoming a surveyor for the Beaverton Railway and joined the Prince of Wales' Royal Canadian Dragoons

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister GTRexclude measuring 208x148mm(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 68 mm (w) x 48. 34 mm (h), weighing 16. 5 grams, in extremely fine condition.