Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity and Order of National Liberation

and Order of National Liberation

which was the only maker of this award

placed on command at the 3rd Canadian Convalescent Depot and admitted to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park

De Chair resumed his career

dated to 28 May 1918

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Deschler & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity and Order of National Liberation(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 47 mm (w) x 48. 41 mm (h), weighing 24.