Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service

Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service Medal New Zealand Gazette 17 July 1911

flanked by a circular leather pad

1876 in Myrtle

yet pro-Austrian stance

made of airplane grade aluminum

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Auction Archive Colonial Auxiliary Force Long Service(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.