Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac accompanied by a photocopied photograph

accompanied by a photocopied photograph of the recipient wearing the badge)

The text reads: “To England we want to sail

Canada's Highest Ranking Aboriginal Soldier and the First Native Appointed to the Judiciary in Ontario

The throat is retained by two side screws

number impressed "79886" on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac accompanied by a photocopied photograph(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 35 mm (w) x 47. 95 mm (h), weighing 15. 0 grams, accompanied by its