Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister Hold 2nd Lieutenant Cavalry (June 1940)

2nd Lieutenant Cavalry (June 1940)

2) Order of the Rising Sun

5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension)

a large hole next to the front right waist pocket

Upon joining the Canadian Army in the Second World War

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister Hold 2nd Lieutenant Cavalry (June 1940)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 20 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 40 mm (w) x 47. 75 mm (h), weighing 16. 7 grams, accompanied by its period