Prussia, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For War Aid Archive with slightly sharpened edges and

with slightly sharpened edges and having a pointy tip

crowned with the Lord of Arms Crown

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 168th Infantry Battalion

He later obtained the rank of Major

1937 and includes entries up to 1945

Prussia, Kingdom. A Merit Cross For War Aid Archive with slightly sharpened edges and(Verdienstkreuz fr Kriegshilfe). Instituted on 5. 12. 1916 by King Wilhelm II. (Issued 1916 1924). A Maltese cross constructed of war alloy; the obverse inscribed Fr Kriegshilfsdienst (German For War Aid), with an oak wreath on the bottom half of the cross; the reverse with the Royal Monogram of Wilhelm Rex; with double loops for suspension, with some of its period original ribbon, measuring 41. 78 mm (w) x 41. 25 mm (h), weighing 21. 7 grams, in