A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords In Its Packet Of Issue Hold As a member of the

As a member of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles

a Watch Fob (steel

Translation: Arthur Greiser

first seeing action during the attack on Falaise on the night of August 7–8

scattered chipping evident in the blue paint

A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords In Its Packet Of Issue Hold As a member of theA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a shortened period original ribbon with small holes from previous attachment via a safety pin; the obverse pebbled, with 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;