A War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords By Austrian Maker Karl Schiermeister Newly Listed The prisoners waited for him

The prisoners waited for him across the river

measuring 213x298mm

28 of whom lost their lives

In its medical records

The insignia is composed of three metal pieces: a gilt and silvered King's crown with red and green enamels in its base

A War Merit Cross First Class Without Swords By Austrian Maker Karl Schiermeister Newly Listed The prisoners waited for himA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwertern; maltese cross in silvered tombak; the obverse pebbled, with a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse plain with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge and a rounded catch; marked 50 for Karl Schiermeister of Vienna on the pin; measuring 48. 29 mm x 48. 59 mm; weighing 17. 0 grams; accompanied by its original case of