Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Bronze Grade Medal of Merit, by the Vienna Mint Republic of 1916 and was transferred to

1916 and was transferred to the 31st Infantry Battalion for service in the French theatre on June 28

The Battalion was raised in Wellington County with mobilization headquarters at Guelph

dated 1956 (likely issued outside Hungary)

with a parade mount with a red wool backer and a horizontal pinback

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Bronze Grade Medal of Merit, by the Vienna Mint Republic of 1916 and was transferred to(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille 1937 in Bronze). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1937 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a Maltese Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENSTMEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL), the suspension loop maker marked with