Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Buy Now on loop for suspension with

on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a zink bar in parade formate with a horizontal pinback and blue wool reverse liner

Second Mate David Evans

a Paris travel pass issued by the Wehrmacht Paris Command

Ireland was born in Delaware Township Ontario in 1875 and was working as a Labourer in Muncey Ontario prior to enlisting ion December 1915 with 20 years military experience with the 26th regiment

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Buy Now on loop for suspension with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebble arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48.