Germany, Kriegsmarine. A State Service Flag visually-hidden A War Merit Cross First

A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords by Wilhelm Deumer - In silvered zinc

the wreathing and Thai crown in gold-coloured bullion wire

while the reverse ricasso is maker marked "P

Three months after his second bout of Influenza

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A State Service Flag visually-hidden A War Merit Cross First(Reichsdienstflagge). A very well preserved Reichsdienstflagge (State Service Flag), constructed of red cotton twill, overlaid by double sided white discs measuring 104 cm in diameter, in turn bearing ribbed black swastikas, with the upper hoist edge of each side featuring a black and white German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with the hoist edge reinforced by a layer of white cotton twill with a hollow channel retaining an