Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic before moving to Sherbrooke and

before moving to Sherbrooke and joining the Sherbrooke Garrison Battery of Artillery (Sherbrooke Garrison Artillery)

So wrote Pte

This type of misspelling is not unusual for the era

1 Clasp - NIGERIA (207)

the reverse is plain and marked “L/15”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Kerbach & Oesterhelt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic before moving to Sherbrooke and(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the latter consisting of a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and early issue flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Kerbach & Oesterhelt,