Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case GTRexclude then reverse with a black

then reverse with a black hinge and banjo-stye pinback meeting a flat wire catch

evacuation ship during Operation Hannibal

reverse is numbered "C 39768"

INF / CANADIANS / P (Presbyterian)"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords And Case GTRexclude then reverse with a black(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 48. 09 mm (w) x 47. 62 mm (h), weighing 22. 9 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case,