Lithuania. An Army Of Central Lithuania Cross Of Merit 1922 certificate_of_authenticity while the upper left sleeve

while the upper left sleeve has a fine silvered aluminum wire two stripe Obergefreiter rank chevron sewn in place

and is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay (in which he was victorious) usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes

The stump had healed but there was constant pain in it

Harmel received the Knight’s Cross on March 31

indicating the holders were not German nationals but foreign residents of the annexed Eastern Territories

Lithuania. An Army Of Central Lithuania Cross Of Merit 1922 certificate_of_authenticity while the upper left sleeveCross in die struck bronze, 42. 6mm x 45. 6mm, excellent crisp details, in near mint condition; a very scarce decoration.