Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath United Republic of So any time we saw

So any time we saw a train engine going along we’d fly up behind it and knock it out

He was to be Temporary Lieutenant at the Manitoba Regimental Depot on April 28

at the age of 75 and is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington

He was educated at King's Collegiate in Windsor

the reverse bearing a raised number “9” in Roman numerals

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Carl Poellath United Republic of So any time we saw(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and crossed swords piercing the centre, with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 84 for Carl Poellath, Schrobenhausen, measuring 48. 90 mm (w) x 48. 55 mm (h), weighing 22. 2