Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, 1957 Version Auction stamped with an identity number

stamped with an identity number of “4065”

His medical issues had become a concern for the RCOC

Maryland World War Service Medal (bronze

during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1919

From there

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross, 1957 Version Auction stamped with an identity number(Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes 1957 Ausfhrung). Constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and ring retaining an original length of shortened neck ribbon, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.