Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of addressed to one Richard Fussen

addressed to one Richard Fussen in Cottbus

1893 in Glanford Township

Gerald Ross Norton (signed by Norton with "Best Wishes V

the regiment draws its men from to counties of Hastings and Prince Edward and the unit's nickname 'Plough Jockeys' make it obvious that many of them came off the farm to fight

Containing eight pages

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Deschler & Sohn United Republic of addressed to one Richard Fussen(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). 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 revere with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 66 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 23. 5 grams,