Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude backed by radiating rays

backed by radiating rays

The photos show a soldier of the Heer in the rank of Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) who at some point joined the SS to become an SS-Oberscharführer in the SS-Polizei-Division

Footnote: The Order of Medical Merit was instituted in 1969 in three grades

complicating his condition

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class GTRexclude backed by radiating rays(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, 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 arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve