A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The decoration was established

Footnote: The decoration was established on December 23

Footnote: The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army

as a Battalion runner he repeatedly carried messages to the Front Line through heavy enemy barrages

1st Class with matching ribbon bar

Gibson was awarded the 1914-15 Star

A Fine Quality War Merit Cross First Class By Otto Schickle Of Pforzheim certificate_of_authenticity Footnote: The decoration was establishedA fine quality War merit Cross First Class without Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter); in heavily silvered bronze; with a vertical banko style pinback and a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch; maker marked L 15 for Otto Schickle, Pforzheim on the obverse of the pin; measuring 49. 24 mm x 49. 25 mm; weighing 15. 9 grams; near extremely fine condition. (C: 163)