Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of He was a resident of

He was a resident of Brockville when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (639183) with the 156th Infantry Battalion "156th Leeds and Grenville Battalion"

HERMELING" and marked "990" (silver) on the reverse

tarnished and worn

and pasted in place to a very thick cardboard backer

inscribed "Allan S

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Silver Medal Of Merit With Swords, By The Vienna Mint United Republic of He was a resident of(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Silberne Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its quadrants joined by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the twelve oclock position bearing crossed swords, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST