A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Hermann Aurich certificate_of_authenticity with a comma over the

with a comma over the period after the "A" in "RAF" on the BWM

before being sent to the United States

Ordered to England in April 1918

MAHSUD 1919-20

having put in his name for the transfer as early as May 13

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Swords By Hermann Aurich certificate_of_authenticity with a comma over theA Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern; maltese cross in bronzed zink; on loop for suspension (marked 113 for Hermann Aurich of Dresden); with a period original ribbon; the obverse with crossed swords between the arms of the cross and a circular raised border of oak leaves on the obverse with a raised mobile swastika in the center; the reverse with a circular raised border of oak leaves bearing the institution date 1939 in raised numbering;