Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive 150 others received training in

150 others received training in ground trades and skills

obverse centre Pisan cross in white enamels

a circlet inscribed Volunteer Medical Staff Corps with voided Geneva Cross to centre with red cloth backing to cross

the quartered arms of the first four provinces continued to be the only legally sanctioned coat of arms for the Dominion of Canada

measures 29

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn Archive 150 others received training in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, pin marked with number 1 for Deschler & Sohn, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48. 44 mm (h), weighing 23. 7 grams, and in better than very fine condition.