Germany, DRK. An Honour Decoration of the German Red Cross, Type III, Merit Cross Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic suspended by original period ribbon

suspended by original period ribbon with pin

The SS-FM was organized by the SS-Wirtschafts und Verwaltungshauptamt (SS Economic and Administrative Department)

He died at the age of 78

Footnote: The 22nd Infantry Division "Alpe Hunters" was a large infantry unit of the Royal Army during the Second World War

Military Will and Death Confirmation

Germany, DRK. An Honour Decoration of the German Red Cross, Type III, Merit Cross Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic suspended by original period ribbon(Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes 1937 Verdienstkreuz). Instituted 6 April 1937 by Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. (1937 1939 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a vaulted Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms, bearing a central DRK style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in black and white enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the