Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac On the same day he

On the same day he was called up by the RAD for his labour service

A gilt bronze cross pattee with stippled arms

" After the recovery of the remains

his unit later landing at Utah Beach on June 10

300 airmen who lost their lives during the Second World War while serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Klein & Quenzer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac On the same day he(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with an integral hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 65 for Klein & Quenzer, Idar Oberstein, measuring 47. 48 mm (w) x 47. 48