Prussia, Imperial. A Merit Cross For War Aid With Document To Johannes Werner Hold The scabbard retains most of

The scabbard retains most of its original black finish

he was experiencing "pains in the neck & back of (his) head"

Childern's Honour Day at Cologne on Rhein Tinnie (die-stamped tin with a bronze-coloured wash

obverse having been painted red and silver tank

German resistance was fierce

Prussia, Imperial. A Merit Cross For War Aid With Document To Johannes Werner Hold The scabbard retains most ofA Merit Cross for War Aid, (Verdienstkreuz fr Kriegshilfe) Instituted 5 December 1916. A Maltese cross paty constructed of a non magnetic metal, the obverse centre bears the crowned cipher WR (Wilhelm Rex), the reverse centre bears the inscription FR KRIEGSHILSDIENST (FOR WAR AID SERVICE), with a loop for suspension, on a white, red and black striped ribbon, measuring 41. 54 mm (w) x 41. 45 mm (h), very fine. A Merit Cross for War Aid Document to