A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude The announcement of his death

The announcement of his death appeared in the The New York Evening News on Thursday

Carrard & Co

1914 and upon arrival

and serves in the 3rd Company of the Landes-Schützen-Bataillon 829 (Homeland Riflemen Battalion)

all within a colour matching circle on a black wool backer

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude The announcement of his deathA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with a correct full length replacement ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48.