Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Franz Lipp Of Pforzheim GTRexclude survived his own wartime service

survived his own wartime service overseas as an officer with the Royal Regiment of Canada and returned from the war to manage the family firm

78 mm x 78

3 Canadian Field Ambulance on August 31

some silver wash remains

1917 for transfer to Canada

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Franz Lipp Of Pforzheim GTRexclude survived his own wartime service(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in bronze metal alloy; on loop for suspension marked 72 for Franz Lipp, Pforzheim; with a period original ribbon with glue residue on the ribbon from previous collectors mounting; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of