Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China inside of an oval chain

inside of an oval chain

Foster (nee Butcher)

One week after arriving "in country"

He was a resident of Montreal when he signed his Canadian Active Service Force Attestation Paper (D-61154) with the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal

Tamar (black and white

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China inside of an oval chain(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior