following his brother Gerd who had joined two years earlier
Landed in France on 10 Jan 1916 to 26 Feb 1917 when he was transferred to England as a Cadet and was commissioned 21 Jun 1918
and is fully encompassed by a multi-piece grey rayon liner
the reverse maker marked “ALEX
following an injury he sustained when his airplane was shot down by German forces
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Newly Listed following his brother Gerd who(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, unmarked, measuring