Germany, Third Reich. A Case for an Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross II Grade, Pre-1943 Version Auction Archive complete with nickel fittings at

complete with nickel fittings at either end and a ball finial

the exergue the dates 1911-1917

where he was retained in the Overseas Military Forces of Canada with the Canadian Engineers

" I can hear him now

his Dominion of Canada Income Tax Form for 1943

Germany, Third Reich. A Case for an Order of the German Eagle, Merit Cross II Grade, Pre-1943 Version Auction Archive complete with nickel fittings at(Etui fr Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler Verdienstkreuz II. Stufe). Constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux red leather exterior liner, the lid bearing a gilt NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the interior with a padded white imitation silk lid liner and intact hinge cover, the former bearing a gilt inscription of VERDIENSTKREUZ II. STUFE DES ORDENS VOM DEUTSCHEN ADLER MIT SCHWERTERN (pre 1943