Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed when Hitler named Himmler chief

when Hitler named Himmler chief of all German police forces

Andrews Assembly Medal - silver Medal commemorating 40th

Merit Order of the Red Cross - Breast Star

then appointed Signalman Third Class on June 1

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class, By Karl Gschiermeister Newly Listed when Hitler named Himmler chief(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.