Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China He was a resident of

He was a resident of Montreal when he signed his Canadian Active Service Force Attestation Paper (D-61154) with the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal

into which are stitched two cotton straps bearing the aforementioned belt hooks

One week after arriving "in country"

issued at Paschkowka (Paschkovskiy) on 15 July 1941

Medical Papers

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach Province of China He was a resident of(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior