Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords With Packet By Katz & Deyhle Auction Archive when it crashed during a

when it crashed during a training exercise

having served one month shy of six years with the RCAF

but depicting the trademark manufacturing characteristics of “Friedrich Linden

numbered “9465”

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class Without Swords With Packet By Katz & Deyhle Auction Archive when it crashed during aA War Merit Cross Second Class without Swords Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter; Maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension marked 60 for Katz & Deyhle; with a period original ribbon; the obverse pebbled, with 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