Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class Without Swords, By Karl Gschiermeister GTRexclude Footnote: The NJS was a

Footnote: The NJS was a youth organization within the NSB (National Socialistische Movement in the Netherlands/Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland)

prior to and during the Japanese invasion of the islands

He was discharged upon demobilization on October 19

and was part of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (National Socialist People’s Welfare) and the Reichskulturkammer (Reich Chamber of Culture)

was re-interred in the cemetery of Perrieres

Germany, Third Reich. A War Merit Cross, I Class Without Swords, By Karl Gschiermeister GTRexclude Footnote: The NJS was a(Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse ohne Schwerter). A Maltese Cross in silvered tombak, with angled notches in the end of each arm to produce an eight pointed cross, the edges of each arm flat and the field of each arm finely pebbled, the centre obverse features a circular wreath of oak leaves, the central field surrounded by this wreath bears a swastika, the reverse presents a vertical hinged pin, maker mark 50 designating Karl Gschiermeister of Vienna,