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

entitled "English Gunmakers - The Birmingham and Provincial Gun Trade in the 18th and 19th Century"

that he joined the London Fire Brigade

hallmarked on both reverse 12 o'clock ball finial as well as on suspension wreath

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