Germany, Customs. A War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords Certificate And Accompanying Letter To Customs Assistant Laux Archive accompanied by it’s enamel ribbon

accompanied by it’s enamel ribbon bar with button hole backing

Footnote: Wilfred George Mathers was born on May 8

and Canadian Forces Decoration (PO 1/C J

with a few handwritten entries dated 1915 to 1919

one clasp designating a second award on its original triangular ribbon

Germany, Customs. A War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords Certificate And Accompanying Letter To Customs Assistant Laux Archive accompanied by it’s enamel ribbonA War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords certificate to Zollassistent (customs assistant) Bernhard Laux, dated to Berlin on 1 September 1941. It carries a facsimile signature of Generalfeldmarschall von Brauchitsch and is signed in blue ink by General Bodewin Keitel (1888 1953), a recipient of the German Cross in Silver. Measuring 147 mm (w) x 210 mm (h), presenting a folding crease and light scuffing of the edges, remains near very fine. The