Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction A First War 1st Canadian

A First War 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Canadian Flag - Flag illustrates a Union Jack in the upper left corner

1940 and signed in black ink by the leader of the state police department Heinrich Seetzen (1906–1945)

the base is marked denoting the manufacture by Rosenthal of Bavaria

The front of the cap features a machine embroidered Luftwaffe eagle patch in silvery/grey cotton threads

of Afghan manufacture

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Unissued War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Descheler & Son Auction A First War 1st Canadian(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, 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 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 62 mm (w) x 48. 33 mm (h), weighing 23.