Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords GTRexclude the office of Grand Master

the office of Grand Master belonging to the Head of State - the President of the Republic

the coat-of-arms bearing the provincial arms of Ontario

Footnote: The 12th German Singers' League (Deutsches Sängerbund) Festival at Breslau commemorated the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the organization in 1862

The shoulders are padded with enclosed pads of burlap

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross Ii Class With Swords GTRexclude the office of Grand Master(Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 47. 42 mm (w) x 48. 58 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.