An Exceedingly Rare German Order; "Dead Hero Order" Recovered From The Zimmermann Factory certificate_of_authenticity the Austro-Hungarian flag at the

the Austro-Hungarian flag at the top of the wreath and an Iron Cross at the bottom

He enjoyed travelling

including ones over Noball and Hemmingstedt

Ontario on December 29

on suspension bar inscribed "AL MERITO" (For Merit) with ribbon and elongated hanger with stickpin attachment

An Exceedingly Rare German Order; "Dead Hero Order" Recovered From The Zimmermann Factory certificate_of_authenticity the Austro-Hungarian flag at theNeck Cross, bronze, with partially enameled on on one side, in "as found" condition (from "Zimmermann Hoard"), thus in fair poor condition. Nonetheless an extremely rare award. Footnote: Zimmermann was a well known German manufacturer of a great variety of awards, German as well as International, that was destroyed in an allied bombing raid in the early 1940's on Pforzheim, Germany. Sometime during the 1990's, during construction on the former factory