Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive RATFELDERS KALKUIELA 11 RIGA METALS”

RATFELDERS KALKUIELA 11 RIGA METALS”

Preferred to take Pilot training but is willing to accept gunner because of medical category"

and Jubilee Medal for the 100th Year Anniversary of Lenin's Birth 1870-1970

he was Professor of Military and Tropical Medicine

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive RATFELDERS KALKUIELA 11 RIGA METALS”(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered feinzink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, 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. 32 mm (w) x 48. 28 mm (h), weighing 17. 7 grams, in near extremely fine condition.