Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister United Republic of including a Hauptmann tab

including a Hauptmann tab

with slight attrition occurring during the school year due to the demanding nature of academic and physical requirements on students

each illustrating an anchor surmounted by the Imperial crown

McCrae died of pneumonia with "extensive pneumococcus meningitis"

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Cased War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister United Republic of including a Hauptmann tab(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central mobile swastika inside of an oak leaf wreath, 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. 65 mm (w) x 48. 24 mm (h), weighing 17. 1 grams, accompanied by its period original