his medical records stating that he was "Well until two days ago when he had a severe chill with a pain across right chest - fever - headache - sore throat - cough - felt very weak - lost appetite"
iron center cracked (as is usually case with these crosses)
/ Loved and were loved
silver with white and blue enamels
WWI New Zealand Rifle Brigade
A War Merit Cross 2Nd Class With Swords & Packet Hold his medical records stating thatBronzed 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.