A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords United Republic of streaking in the gilt on

streaking in the gilt on the reverse

protecting a right-facing rifleman in a trench below

He returned to Toronto on May 17

1942 by amalgamating Eastern Air Command's Communications Flight

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords United Republic of streaking in the gilt onA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed brass Buntmetall; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; 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 with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48. 56 mm