Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold The Battalion served in France

The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 5th Infantry Brigade

as Italians felt more training was needed

marked with the Canadian coat-of-arms and inscribed "1867-1992" on the lid

the Central Mediterranean Area and Continental Europe and entitled to wear the War Service Badge

Naming is officially in large capitals

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann Hold The Battalion served in France(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with code L 52 for maker C. F. Zimmermann, Pforzheim, measuring 49. 35 mm (w) x 48. 73 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, in near very fine condition.