numbered "142978" and "142879" on their reverses
a copy of his RCAF WWII Service Certificate
SCHULTZ" at the base of the bust on the obverse
maker markings “RZM M 9/50 Steinhauer & Lück
the 3 o’clock arm reads “1920” and the 6 o’clock arm reads “23 III”
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Swords and Case, by Wilhelm Deumer Republic of numbered "142978" and "142879" on(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 raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 47. 44 mm (w) x 47. 56 mm (h),