A War Merit Cross Second Class With Packet Auction Virginia with the rank of

Virginia with the rank of Major on June 4

before being discharged to camp details on January 21

Puttkamer had been taken over into the Reichsmarine after the war and became an Oberleutnant zu See (Naval Senior Lieutenant) in 1923

these mounts are retained by flat head flush mount screws in the sides

Three-piece bronze Chaplain's insignia

A War Merit Cross Second Class With Packet Auction Virginia with the rank ofTombac, 49 mm, independent original ribbon, all traces of bronzing is gone due to extensive corrosion, as found. Wrapped in tissue paper, in its paper packet of issue, inscribed in black ink "Kriegs=Berdienstkreuz 2. Klasse ohne Schwerter" on the front panel, the maker's identification having been cut out of the back panel, separation evident on two sides, lightly soiled, undulated, packet fair.