A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords United Republic of a second annulus placed on

a second annulus placed on the centre of the maple leaf is inscribed “Belgium”

He returned to Toronto on May 17

streaking in the gilt on the reverse

Napoleonic period award

protecting a right-facing rifleman in a trench below

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords United Republic of a second annulus placed onA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed brass Buntmetall; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48. 56 mm