Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Combat and Occupation Awards Province of China both suspended from 70 mm-long

both suspended from 70 mm-long trapezoidal bronze bar with a horizontal pinback

Footnote: The Knights of Columbus was one of the many aid organizations that provided comforts to Canadian soldiers returning home at the end of the First World War

Footnote: The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern day Zimbabwe

and was entitled to wear a War Service Badge

having been previously in exile as of January 15

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mixed Lot of Combat and Occupation Awards Province of China both suspended from 70 mm-long(Wehrmacht Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code