Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version with Case by Deschler & Sohn, with Dietrich Maerz visually-hidden he was attached to the

he was attached to the Canadian Corps Headquarters on January 6

including a rifleman’s badge

measuring 32 mm (w) x 5 mm (h)

the obverse designer/maker marked “K

Carnall was with the 28th Infantry Battalion when he suffered a gun shot wound (shrapnel) to the head on October 2

Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross in Gold, Light Version with Case by Deschler & Sohn, with Dietrich Maerz visually-hidden he was attached to the(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold mit Etui). Constructed of cupal with gilt and multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid eight pointed starburst pattern, bearing a central silvered disc overlaid by a raised and black enameled mobile swastika, situated within a circular gilded laurel leaf wreath, wrapped in ribbon and joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an institution date of 1941, trimmed along both the interior and