Germany. A War Merit Cross Document To Marineoberstabsarzt Dr. Lorenz Petersen, Signed By Admiral Schmundt Auction Service Repair Element) to a

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A Kreta Campaign Cufftitle - White cotton with machine embroidered Latin script "KRETA" in the centre

with the enamels well preserved without chipping of any kind

along with separation in the stitching where the sweatband butts the body of the cap between the Bates label and the visor on the left side

After spending 4 years in the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment and serving in the South African War

Germany. A War Merit Cross Document To Marineoberstabsarzt Dr. Lorenz Petersen, Signed By Admiral Schmundt Auction Service Repair Element) to aMeasuring 148x209mm, near mint condition. The document states that Marineoberstabsarzt (Navy Medical Officer, Major equivalent) Dr. Lorenz Petersen is awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords. It is dated to Kiel on April 20, 1943 and signed in blue ink by the Supreme Commander of the Baltic Sea Naval Station, Admiral Hubert Schmundt. Footnote: Hubert Schmundt was born on September 19, 1888 in Schweidnitz (present day widnica, southwest