Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold He had been in receipt

He had been in receipt of a total disablement award of two hundred and ten Pounds annually while undergoing treatment for manic depressive psychosis at Tykeford Abbey

17 mm (w) x 43

landed west of the Vierville draw and suffered fifty percent casualties during the landing

and is overlaid on the exterior by a black doeskin wool cap band

Knobloch served in the Schalburg Corps during the war and settled in Canada following a brief period in Argentina during the early 1950's

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold He had been in receipt(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in Fraktur script,