Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity The Battalion was raised in

The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G

maker marked “RZM M1/157” for “Phillip Turk’s Widdow

located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine

a subsidiary of the NSF “Nationalsozialistische Frauenschaft” (National Socialist Women’s League)

800 silver

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, By Otto Schickle certificate_of_authenticity The Battalion was raised in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L15 for Otto Schikle, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 26 mm (w) x 49. 26 mm (h), weighing 15. 7 grams, with minor loss of finish evident, in near extremely fine condition.