chipping evident in the azure blue enamels on the tip of the arm at 12 o'clock on the obverse and in the white enamels on the reverse centrepiece
on safety pin
where the establishment of the Catholic Church in Western Canada was largely Oblate work
5 mm (w) x 10 mm (h) ribbon bar and its 17 mm (w) x 4
catch broken off and the eagle has been re-riveted and glued
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords Archive chipping evident in the azure(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords through the centerpiece, the reverse with a screw and backplate, unmarked, measuring 49. 44 mm (w) x 48. 49 mm (h), weighing 20. 2 grams, in near extremely fine condition.