Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version Newly Listed Private Aylward was admitted to

Private Aylward was admitted to Connaught Hospital at Aldershot

to the Battleship H

wreath and Tudor crown in bronze gilt

the obverse bearing a raised bronze applique consisting of a raised mobile swastika within a circular laurel leaf wreath

In his retirement years

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, 1957 Version Newly Listed Private Aylward was admitted to(Ritterkreuz der Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern). A Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, constructed of silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the top and bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled void, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised date of 1939, the