Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Karl Gschiermeister Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Medaille Coloiale)

(Medaille Coloiale)

(1883-1915 issue)

MADAGASCAR

while the Isla de Luzón was hit 3 times

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Karl Gschiermeister Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Medaille Coloiale)(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 50 for Karl Gschiermeister, Vienna, measuring 48. 65 mm (w) x 48. 17 mm (h), weighing 17. 0 grams, accompanied by its