Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac accompanied by a tri-colour cockade

accompanied by a tri-colour cockade constructed of aluminum

a letter from Buckingham Palace authorizing him to wear the Coronation Medal and a photograph of H

He was a resident of Porquois Junction when he signed his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917 Paper

that he joined the London Fire Brigade

WWI 57th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF - Browning copper

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Case, By Karl Gschiermeister consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac accompanied by a tri-colour cockade(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 30 mm (w) x 48. 22 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by its original presentation