Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity incorporating the Danish national flag

incorporating the Danish national flag in coloured thread

He was struck off strength on return to Canada on September 23rd

The insignia are original to the cap and appear to be machine stitched to the cap

The unit moved to France on October 8

in an envelope addressed to his uncle

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Julius Bauer & Söhne certificate_of_authenticity incorporating the Danish national flag(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flat vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 47. 33 mm (w) x 47. 72 mm (h),