Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China He was a resident of

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

bronze gilt with red

Klasse und Kriegsverdiestkreuz 2

One week after arriving "in country"

Tamar (black and white

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China He was a resident of(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