Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a silver Maltese cross with

a silver Maltese cross with swords between the arms of the cross

without suspension/ribbon

He joined the Wehrmacht in 1929

a letter from Buckingham Palace authorizing him to wear the Coronation Medal and a photograph of H

that he joined the London Fire Brigade

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac a silver Maltese cross with(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 30 mm (w) x 48. 22 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by its original presentation