A First War & War Merit Cross Grouping Newly Listed A French WWI War Cross

A French WWI War Cross 1914-1916 - Bronze

Second Class Cross - In silver and enamels

In his Medical Report of an Invalid

later taking on the position of Deputy Engineer-in-Chief in 1947

This very early beret (circa 1935) shows hardly any wear

A First War & War Merit Cross Grouping Newly Listed A French WWI War CrossPrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, maker marked "EW" (unknown) on the ring, 42. 8 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, unmarked, 37. 3 mm); and Third Reich: War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords (bronzed tombac, 48 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, crossed bronze swords on the HC ribbon, surface