Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China Johnston with a strength of

Johnston with a strength of 36 officers and 868 other ranks

consisting of a red enameled four-armed cross with ball finials

Footnote: William Merifield was born in Victoria Australia in 1879 and enlisted in the CEF in October 1915

Air Force Longevity Service Award with Oak Leaf Cluster

Awarded to Kapitänleutnant Johannes de Boer - and dated 9

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class, Type II, Unknown Maker Variant Province of China Johnston with a strength of(Wiederholungsspange 1939 zum Eisernen Kreuz I. Klasse 1914). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of a Wehrmacht eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above a trapezoidal plaque bearing a raised date of 1939 on a pebbled background, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a widely documented variant produced by an