Description
Knobloch served in the Schalburg Corps during the war and settled in Canada following a brief period in Argentina during the early 1950's
17 mm (w) x 43
These include some material fatigue of the wool and leather elements
Two cloth insignia: one is a variant of the insignia of Fighter Wing 54 “Grünherz” (green heart) (78x93mm
and is overlaid on the exterior by a black doeskin wool cap band
Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold Knobloch served in the Schalburg(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,