Germany, Heer. An Award Presentation Set to Obergefreiter Johann Lainer, Died as POW consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in its rare hardshelled presentation

in its rare hardshelled presentation case

the obverse with a central gilt medallion bearing a raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm I

- Orange Free State

with its miniature

He left for the Canadian Entrenching Battalion in the field on August 4th and served with them for the next six and a half months

Germany, Heer. An Award Presentation Set to Obergefreiter Johann Lainer, Died as POW consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac in its rare hardshelled presentation(Heer Konvolut). A unique award presentation set to Obergefreiter Johann Lainer, who served with a Gebirgs Artillerie (Mountain Artillery) unit, featuring six awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR