Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords GTRexclude enlisted after working as a

enlisted after working as a carpenter in July 1916

edge knock to reverse edge at 7 o’clock over the R in Regt

1 Clasp - COREE-KOREA (in bronze gilt

Williams relinquished his Temporary Commission with the Canadian Engineers

Headquartered in Palazzo Malta in Rome

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords GTRexclude enlisted after working as a(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centre of the cross, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 47. 25 mm (w) x 46. 64 mm (h), weighing 20. 3 grams, in better than very fine condition.