Footnote: Albert Otto Schuh was born on July 30
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after which he was transferred to England and posted to the Canadian Artillery Regimental Depot at Shorncliffe in May for the next five months
The Cross was instituted on December 26
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class With Swords, By C.e. Juncker Archive Footnote: Albert Otto Schuh was(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centre, the obverse with pebbled arms, bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a threaded lug retaining a period original backplate, maker marked with LDO code L 12 for C. E. Juncker, Berlin, measuring 48. 46 mm (w) x 48. 64 mm (h), weighing 21. 2 grams (inclusive of backplate), with loss of