She joined the German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei = DAP)
complete with paper and backing plate
War Merit Cross with Swords Second Class (with original award document as Generalleutenant)
it is suspected that the medals made their way into her grandchildren's hands "to play with" and were found in an abandoned barn in Southern Ontario
10) A Prussian Centennial Medal 1811-1911
Germany, Imperial. A Durch Not Und Tod Patriotic Badge, By H. Steenaerts, With Case Archive She joined the German Workers'(Abzeichen). A badge of multi piece construction, illustration a silver eagle bearing a shield inscribed 1914 and surmounted by an imperial crown, affixed to a silver cross base within a circular frame inscribed DURCH NOT UND TOD, reverse presents maker mark H. STEENAERTS, G. M. 1804, horizontal pinback, measuring 40. 01 mm (w) x 40. 47 mm (h), accompanied by case constructed of cardstock, exterior lid presents an outline of a sword and DURCH NOT UND