Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister visually-hidden 24" Badge: two-piece construction

24" Badge: two-piece construction

as West's correct information and/or re-interment took place

the Fifth Battalion Association (Western Cavalry) in Toronto

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three with "HIROSHIMA" stamps on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by Karl Gschiermeister visually-hidden 24" Badge: two-piece construction(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 56 mm (w) x 48. 13 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, demonstrating minor loss of silver finish