Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Single Mount consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac demonstrating material fatigue consistent with

demonstrating material fatigue consistent with age and wartime use

He was then posted to the 52nd Battery

A 1936 “Ehrentag der Leibeserziehung” Reichsarbeitsdienst Gruppe 223 Alsfeld badge (2

Purple Heart

running along the crown of the cap

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, Single Mount consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac demonstrating material fatigue consistent with(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse, Einzelspange). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon mounted on a single 40 mm long bar with a horizontal pinback and white rayon liner, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a