His eligibility for the first three medals are noted as follows: 1939-1945 Star (HQ 2 Div
finally joining the 31st Infantry Division at Budapest in 1911
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it was noted that his "shoulder stump (was) well-healed but tender" and that he had been "supplied with a light artificial arm with a special shoulder cap which is mainly for appearance"
He saw action in the Pacific theatre with the Coast Artillery Corps
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Steinhauer & Lück consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac His eligibility for the first(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop