Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class Without Swords, By Karl Gschiermeister GTRexclude 6th Region

6th Region

He was discharged upon demobilization on October 19

Footnote: The NJS was a youth organization within the NSB (National Socialistische Movement in the Netherlands/Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland)

and was part of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People’s Welfare) and the Reichskulturkammer (Reich Chamber of Culture)

engaging in tactics of deception to lead the British to believe a siege of New York was planned

Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class Without Swords, By Karl Gschiermeister GTRexclude 6th Region(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese Cross in silvered tombak, with angled notches in the end of each arm to produce an eight pointed cross, the edges of each arm flat and the field of each arm finely pebbled, the centre obverse features a circular wreath of oak leaves, the central field surrounded by this wreath bears a swastika, the reverse presents a vertical hinged pin, maker mark 50 designating Karl Gschiermeister of Vienna,