A First War & War Merit Cross Grouping Newly Listed This very early beret (circa

This very early beret (circa 1935) shows hardly any wear

1937 in Toronto

later taking on the position of Deputy Engineer-in-Chief in 1947

In his Medical Report of an Invalid

A First War & War Merit Cross Grouping Newly Listed This very early beret (circaPrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, maker marked "EW" (unknown) on the ring, 42. 8 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, unmarked, 37. 3 mm); and Third Reich: War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords (bronzed tombac, 48 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, crossed bronze swords on the HC ribbon, surface