Germany. A Late War Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross W. Swords. Cased Auction at the age of 19

at the age of 19 and is remembered with honour on the Helles Memorial

As a hobby

By that date he had achieved the rank of Feldwebel

Bellerophon: Battleship

Germany. A Late War Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross W. Swords. Cased Auction at the age of 19An example of a seldom encountered cased late war issue Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (Ritterkreuz zum Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern); a large Maltese cross in feinzink; on a loop assembly for suspension from its period original full size neck 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