Germany, Wehrmacht. A Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross, Without Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann GTRexclude SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (6090 SERJT

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (6090 SERJT

he was posted to the Admiralty "E" Class Destroyer H

In stamped pebbled silver nickel

Boy 1st Class in July 1901 and Ordinary Seaman in May 1903

When the First World War began

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Knight’s Cross Of The War Merit Cross, Without Swords, By C.f. Zimmermann GTRexclude SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (6090 SERJT(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes). A Maltese cross in silver with pebbled arms, the obverse with a raised oak wreath with a mobile swastika in the center, the reverse with a similar raised oak wreath, dated 1939 in the center, marked 900 for silver content and 20 for C. F. Zimmermann on the bottom of the six oclock arm, accompanied by a correct period original ribbon, measuring 53. 70 mm (w) x 59. 85 mm (h), weighing 30. 1 grams, and in overall