Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class, With Paper Envelope Hold A Wehrmacht 18-Year Long Service

A Wehrmacht 18-Year Long Service award (Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung für 18 Dienstjahre)

William Richards was an employee of the National Cash Register Company and was a member of the Royal Canadian Bicycle Club before the war

Footnote: Ernst Herbert Brüllau was born 8 May 1925 in Hamburg to parents Ernst and Elisabeth Brüllau

dual intact prongs) and a soft-covered binder containing four pages of his Service Records from the National Archives

2nd Lieutenant Atkins soon went overseas and was at the Battle of Messines

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, Ii Class, With Paper Envelope Hold A Wehrmacht 18-Year Long Service(Kriegsverdienstkruez 2 Klass). A War Merit Cross, II Class, constructed of gilded bronze in the shape of a Maltese cross with a circular raised border of oak leaves around a mobile swastika in the centre obverse, the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering, on loop for suspension from period replacement ribbon, measuring 48. 56 mm (w) x 49. 09 mm (h), and in very fine condition,