Prussia, Imperial. A Merit Cross For War Aid With Documents To Unteroffizier Kayser Auction with ornate engravings throughout as

with ornate engravings throughout as per the handle

measuring 35 mm x 32 mm

circumscribed “Grosser Feldherr ziehe ein in Walhall” (German - Great Commander

Footnote: Frederick Russell Britchfield was born on September 5

The start of his trouble seems to date from Trench Fever & influenza a year ago

Prussia, Imperial. A Merit Cross For War Aid With Documents To Unteroffizier Kayser Auction with ornate engravings throughout asA Merit Cross for War Aid, (Verdienstkreuz fr Kriegshilfe) Instituted 5 December 1916. A Maltese cross paty constructed of a non magnetic metal, the obverse centre bears the crowned cipher WR (Wilhelm Rex), the reverse centre bears the inscription FR KRIEGSHILSDIENST (FOR WAR AID SERVICE), with a loop for suspension, on a white, red and black striped ribbon, measuring 40. 90 mm (w) x 41. 33 mm (h), very fine. A Merit Cross for War Aid Document to