Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister certificate_of_authenticity When his term of enlistment

When his term of enlistment expired in 1924

black and white striped ribbon

late 1930’s notable by the double-ring RZM marked (RZM M4/27 - Overhoff & Co

who was born on March 25

Type III (1806-1808)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister certificate_of_authenticity When his term of enlistment(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, 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. 65 mm (w) x 48. 24 mm (h), weighing 17. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original