Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1 Clasp - Bechuanaland

1 Clasp - Bechuanaland

1917 and was named Acting Corporal with pay on April 10

He was wounded in action on 7 February 1944 during the withdrawal and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class in the field on 3 March 1944 - the citation signed by the General of Artillery

Footnote: Württemberg Merit Cross with Swords is fairly scarce

The requirements for membership was that UVL members were to have "volunteered prior to July 1

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class, With Award Document consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1 Clasp - Bechuanaland(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse mit Verleihungsurkunde). 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 formerly stitched into a parade mount, 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 reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock