A First War Prussian Pilot's Badge In Silver By Juncker With Case Auction Louisiana Honorable Service Medal (bronze

Louisiana Honorable Service Medal (bronze with blue enamels

Mertsch won the German Cross in Gold in September 1943 and would go on to be the artillery commander of  XIII SS-Armeekorps and finished the war commanding a Kampfgruppe in Czechoslovakia

a few of the pages with the stamp of "J

as part Canadian Expeditionary Force

A First War Prussian Pilot's Badge In Silver By Juncker With Case Auction Louisiana Honorable Service Medal (bronzeIn solid silver, hollow center, 45. 31mm x 71. 16mm , weighs 29. 3 grams, marked on reverse with "half moon" mark; also marked "800"; not maker marked but textbook badge by "C. E. Juncker, Berlin, with pierced crown, circa 1915 period manufacture; fine quality badge, in very fine condition, with nice old patina. In fitted, black case of issue, with white purple interior. This style of box is sometimes marked by (Juncker) stamp in red circle.