Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive with “Die Heimat Dankt Den

with “Die Heimat Dankt Den Tapferen Soldaten” (The Homeland Thanks The Brave Soldiers) and an outline of an Iron Cross 1939 First Class on the reverse

flying reconnaissance and bomber missions until the end of the war

below wreath a scroll bearing the regimental designation “Ottawa and Carleton Own Rifles”

The reverse bears an acid-etched inscription of “IN HERZLICHER FREUNDSCHAFT - ERNST RÖHM” (“IN HEARTFELD FRIENDSHIP - ERNST RÖHM”) in cursive handwriting

5 mm x 76 mm each

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords And Case, By Deschler & Sohn Auction Archive with “Die Heimat Dankt Den(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 55 mm (w) x 48. 39 mm (h), weighing