Footnote: Surgeon-Captain G
protecting Private Tennant and fighting the enemy with his Tommy gun until they finally gave up and withdrew in disorder
measuring 35 mm (w) x 106 mm (h)
greenish/khaki cotton mesh backer
chipping evident in the white and green enamels on the coat-of-arms
Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Decorations Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: Surgeon-Captain G(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of three decorations, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the suspension loop maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 1 for Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 94 mm (w) x 48. 98