Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity the maple leaf incorporating veins

the maple leaf incorporating veins in its design

and Collar Tab Pair (brass

XIX - A Desperate Encounter

Voluntarily entering the minefield to obtain a stretcher lying there

a Photograph of Bounds in his 5th Infantry Division Corporal's Uniform (black and white

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath certificate_of_authenticity the maple leaf incorporating veins(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords through the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 60 mm (h),