Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed his right arm lowered and

his right arm lowered and brandishing a gun in his right hand

about the DFS 230 gliding plane in the mountain emergency service in 1944

The certificate states that he was born on April 24

with nearly all of its original silver finish present

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed his right arm lowered and(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