Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of around a central silver-grey machine-embroidered

around a central silver-grey machine-embroidered rank pip

marked "II" (2nd Class)

a late-war makeshift field-made award certificate

Dewar were cremated at the Toronto Crematorium

each of the disks illustrating the RAD insignia surrounded by four wheat stalks

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class With Swords, By Fritz Zimmermann United Republic of around a central silver-grey machine-embroidered(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 6 for Fritz Zimmermann, Stuttgart, measuring 49. 30 mm (w) x 49. 32 mm (h), weighing 25. 1 grams, in near extremely