Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt United Republic of Northern British New Guinea and

Northern British New Guinea and embarked aboard Infantry Landing Crafts on October 27th

with original red felt backing

Klasse 1939” printed on the obverse in black Gothic lettering

A First War Pair to the 19th Canadian Infantry - British War Medal (757157 PTE

The interior features four double-overlaid cork patches

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt United Republic of Northern British New Guinea and(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 raised barrel hinge and flattened pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden, measuring 48. 42 mm (w)