Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now three bearing the Italian coat-of-arms

three bearing the Italian coat-of-arms and three with fasces

He is commemorated on page 25 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance and is remembered with honour on the Halifax Memorial

possibly from rounds fired by John Oliver Andrews

marked "PATENTED DEC

An Imperial Austrian 1915-1918 7th Mountain Artillery regimental badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class With Swords, By Steinhauer & Lück Buy Now three bearing the Italian coat-of-arms(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern). Constructed of zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms, with a central wreathed mobile swastika and crossed swords piercing the centre, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid,, measuring 49. 47 mm (w) x 48. 82 mm (h), weighing 18. 6 grams, in very fine