A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords United Republic of and weighs 36

and weighs 36

The Battalion was raised in Leeds and Grenville Counties of Ontario

with a 50 mm x 58

measuring 35 mm x 21 mm

and with dark green Army waffenfarbe underlay

A Second War German War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords United Republic of and weighs 36A textbook example of a Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in silvered zink; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain, with a vertical needle style pinback, a sheet metal hinge, and a slightly flattened wire catch; measuring 48. 52 mm x 48. 95 mm; weighing 13. 0 grams; light bubbling on the surface of the badge; better than