A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude Treibstoffwerke AG fuel company to

Treibstoffwerke AG fuel company to Director Berthold Ottens

subsequently treated and released

He studied at Vienna's Technical Military Academy and subsequently (1895–1906) served with the Austrian Army

Bowditch Grammar School and Salem High School

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords GTRexclude Treibstoffwerke AG fuel company toA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed alloy; on loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period original ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; measuring 48. 83 mm x 49. 19