Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold and is overlaid on the

and is overlaid on the exterior by a black doeskin wool cap band

1123 BIS 1170” (“ALBERT THE BEAR

trimmed with silver-grey piping

Knobloch served in the Schalburg Corps during the war and settled in Canada following a brief period in Argentina during the early 1950's

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold and is overlaid on the(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille in Silber in Frakturschrift). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1943 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL) in Fraktur script,