Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction He was transferred to Camp

He was transferred to Camp Borden on May 26

and the advance to the Hindenburg Line during 1917

15 mm x 43

a Schaumburg-Lippe Faithful Service Cross 1914

the butterscotch-coloured leather headband runs around the circumference

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Kerbach & Österhelt Auction He was transferred to Camp(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, with crossed swords through the centre, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integrated barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting an integrated catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 62 for Kerbach & sterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 96 mm (w) x 48. 98 mm (h), weighing 19. 8