Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot Of Service Decorations Hold maker marked with LDO code

maker marked with LDO code “L/59” for Alois Rettenmaier

Footnote: Frank Watkins Weed was born in Baltimore on April 12

Josef “Sepp” Dietrich was born on May 28

Monks Horton on May 24th

awarded to Nina Lea (from Philadelphia)

Germany, Imperial. A Mixed Lot Of Service Decorations Hold maker marked with LDO code(Dienstauszeichnungen). A mixed lot of six service decorations, including a Merit Cross for Voluntary War Aid, constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR KRIEGS VERDIENST (FOR WAR MERIT), unmarked, measuring 40. 62 mm (w) x 40. 95 mm (h), weighing