Germany, Imperial. A Golden Military Merit Cross Award Group to Ludwig Fröhlich, First and Second World War Combatant United Republic of A maker’s mark of “E

A maker’s mark of “E

XXVIII - How They Won Their Crosses at Rorke's Drift

A handwritten note reads “Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) Rathjen”

Solingen) on the reverse ricasso

Arrested by Allied troops after the war

Germany, Imperial. A Golden Military Merit Cross Award Group to Ludwig Fröhlich, First and Second World War Combatant United Republic of A maker’s mark of “E(Ordens und Urkundennachlass aus dem Besitz von Ludwig Frhlich). An extensive lot of awards and documents from the estate of eventual Hauptmann (d. R. z. V.) Ludwig Frhlich, consisting of: 1. A Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross, constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central medallion overlaid by a raised inscription of KRIEGS VERDIENST (WAR MERIT), situated above laurel branches, the