Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the one strap with a

the one strap with a magnetic silvered metal post

Criswick was serving with the Royal Fusiliers in the rank of Temporary 2nd Lieutenant

the obverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold

Canadian coat-of-arms at the centre top

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, With Swords Case, By Wilhelm Deumer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the one strap with a(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a slightly vaulted Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 11 for Wilhelm Deumer, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 97 mm (w) x 49. 05 mm (h), weighing 14. 6 grams, demonstrating minor loss of finish to high contact points,