each constructed of forest-green wool
two pointed aiguillette tips with oak leafs
Accompanied by a United States Army Machine Gun Lapel Badge (in silvered and blackened bronze
marked W (Wagner) on the bottom arm
two are without inscriptions
Prussia, Imperial. A Merit Cross For War Aid With Documents To Unteroffizier Kayser United Republic of each constructed of forest-green woolA 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 40. 90 mm (w) x 41. 33 mm (h), very fine. A Merit Cross for War Aid Document to