Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class Without Swords, By Karl Gschiermeister United Republic of Footnote: The Order of Saint

Footnote: The Order of Saint Stephen (Official: Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire

47 mm x 430 mm

Captain Martin resigned his commission and was Honorably Discharged due to wounds on June 7

WWI 8th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge and Collar Badge - Cap Badge (browning copper

So often crosses of this importance are orphaned from their history

Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class Without Swords, By Karl Gschiermeister United Republic of Footnote: The Order of Saint(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese Cross in silvered tombak, with angled notches in the end of each arm to produce an eight pointed cross, the edges of each arm flat and the field of each arm finely pebbled, the centre obverse features a circular wreath of oak leaves, the central field surrounded by this wreath bears a swastika, the reverse presents a vertical hinged pin, maker mark 50 designating Karl Gschiermeister of Vienna,