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 one American Order of Foresters

one American Order of Foresters

a well decorated Officer wearing a medal bar and many other decorations/badges

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

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

He joined the Wehrmacht in 1929

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 one American Order of Foresters(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