he transferred to the local Constabulary with a commission as a Lieutenant
stamped with serial number “1696”
with a red and black wool striped swatch placed behind the insignia and highlighting the voided area
On April 30th 1943 he was deployed in Greece
the cross exhibits the manufacturing characteristics and die flaws of a textbook Type-A Knight’s Cross
Bavaria, Kingdom. A Pair Of Service Medals Auction Archive he transferred to the local(Diest Medaillen). A pair of service medals, including a Bavarian Military Merit Cross, III Class with Swords, constructed of coppered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a raised central monogram of King Ludwig II, within a stylized belt and buckle bearing an inscription of MERENTI (MERIT), the twelve oclock arm bearing a crosses swords clasp, the reverse