Germany, Heer. A Mint Officer’s M44 Breast Eagle Hold A Second War Memorial Cross

A Second War Memorial Cross to the Royal Canadian Air Force  - GRVI (L

The seam where the blade meets the crossguard retains an original red leather buffer pad

Buchenwald concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager (KZ) Buchenwald

upon returning to Canada in early 1918

measuring 48 mm (w) x 268 mm (h)

Germany, Heer. A Mint Officer’s M44 Breast Eagle Hold A Second War Memorial Cross(Heer Brustadler M44 fr Offiziere). Constructed of green rayon, the obverse bearing an additional layer of dark green rayon threading, overlaid by a machine embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 128 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), an unissued late war example in near mint condition.