A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Auction He was hospitalized for one

He was hospitalized for one month before being discharged on September 10th

18" on the reverse

with 53 aircraft and 600 aircrewmen lost

1917 for transfer to Canada

General-Major Ragotin on February 5

A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Auction He was hospitalized for oneBronzed tombac, 48 mm, original ribbon, spotting, very light contact ,extremely fine. Accompanied by its paper packet of issue, inscribed in black ink "Kriegs Berdienstkreuz 2: Klasse mit Schwertern" on the front, inscribed in black ink with the "Eugen Schmidhussler, Pforzheim" maker mark on the reverse, both inscriptions in Gothic text, tape repair evident, packet better than very fine.