Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Crosses, I Class certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Joseph Ovila St Onge

Footnote: Joseph Ovila St Onge was born on June 11

the German Army used parts of Camp Hammelburg again for two POW camps

maker marked "ВМД" (AMD) on the screwback

he was killed crossing the River Seine on 28 August 1944

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair Of War Merit Crosses, I Class certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: Joseph Ovila St Onge(Kriegsverdienstkreuze I. Klasse). A pair of War Merit Crosses, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class, constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 15 for Friedrich Orth, Vienna, measuring 48. 45 mm (w) x 48. 32 mm (h), weighing