Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt Hold Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos (7)

Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos (7)

Footnote: The medical standards of the Canadian Army were very rigid and numerous recruits were turned away due to poor teeth

It was designed to keep ammunition off a soldier's hips

then known as the 15 Waffen-SS Grenadier Division

Accompanied by copies of his Service Records and Death Certificate

Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt Hold Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos (7)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac; 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; marked 62 for Herbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden on the reverse of the pin; measuring 48. 36 mm (w)