Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Grossmann & Co. United Republic of and not of standard manufacture

and not of standard manufacture

from 1915 until 1918 he served with the General Staff of the 3rd Bavarian Army Corps

Royal Engineers (May 1860)

clearly depicting Wheatley

A good solid dependable type

Germany. A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Grossmann & Co. United Republic of and not of standard manufactureKriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed tombak; on loop for suspension marked 11 for Grossmann & Co., Wien; with its period original replacement 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