Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt Hold 1914 aboard the RMS Royal

1914 aboard the RMS Royal George on September 27th

Accompanied by copies of his Service Records and Death Certificate

Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos (7)

Engineer/Gunner (M/S) and Navigator (N)

then known as the 15 Waffen-SS Grenadier Division

Germany. A War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords, By Kerbach & Oesterhelt Hold 1914 aboard the RMS Royal(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern). A Maltese cross in silvered tombac; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering; marked 62 for Herbach & Oesterhelt, Dresden on the reverse of the pin; measuring 48. 36 mm (w)