Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now Veteran's Ten Year Service Stickpin

Veteran's Ten Year Service Stickpin (bronze gilt with green

which advocated independence from Nazi Germany

the third section has a shorter looped cord while the fourth section has a long looped cord

at Dillenburg with a group of airmen celebrating & drinking champagne and holding a sign inscribed "Wir gratulieren zum 100 Feindflug" (Congratulations on the 100th Combat Flight))

Crampton then joined the Royal Canadian Air Force

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now Veteran's Ten Year Service Stickpin(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a thick wire catch, marked 4 on the pinback (Steinhauer & Lck), measuring 48. 51 mm (w) x 48. 48 mm (h), weighing 17. 6 g, very fine.