Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic maker marked “RZM M9/3 Lauer

maker marked “RZM M9/3 Lauer Nürnberg” on the reverse

embarking for Canada on December 6

launched an assault against a heavily fortified enemy position

with the right side bearing a black ink size stamp with the number “58”

horizontal pinback and intact prong on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, Screwback Version, by C.E. Juncker Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic maker marked “RZM M9/3 Lauer(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui, an Schraubscheibe). 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 central threaded screw post retaining an original matching backplate, with a short stabilizer emanating from the twelve oclock arm, the six oclock arm maker marked with LDO code L