Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive Fullsize: Gold with red

Fullsize: Gold with red

around the age of 14

Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service Medal New Zealand Gazette 17 July 1911

complete with backing plate and fastening nut on reverse

yet pro-Austrian stance

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive Fullsize: Gold with red(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback marked with code 50 for maker Karl Gschiermeister, Wien, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.