Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Province of China and Order of Leopold

and Order of Leopold

3 inches in length (77mm)

in turn topped by a ring retaining a period original ribbon

He was subsequently posted to the Canadian Corps Camp Rhyl

II - Rank and Command

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Province of China and Order of Leopold(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crosses swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 05 mm (w) x 47. 98 mm