Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now Accompanied by a Studio Photograph

Accompanied by a Studio Photograph of William Prout (black and white photo on the obverse

green oxidation spot evident in the silvered area on the shield beside the top tip of the red star

1932 -1937

he was a Bank Clerk with The Royal Bank of Canada

Three months after the devastating loss of his wife and the children's mother

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, First Class With Swords By Deschler & Sohn Buy Now Accompanied by a Studio Photograph(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, presenting as a Maltese Cross, the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a wreathed mobile swastika in the center, the reverse plain, with a vertical banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat wire catch, marked 1 on the reverse of the catch for maker Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen, measuring