He left for his new unit on the 23rd and arrived with them in the field on the 28th
ten days shy of his eighteenth birthday
Group for Action on Ypres Salient April 1916 KIA - Military Medal (26154 A
A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords by Klein & Quenzer
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Lot of Wound Badges, All Grades Republic of He left for his new(Verwundetenabzeichen). A lot of Wound Badges, including: 1. A Black Grade award, constructed of blackened magnetic metal, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, with a central raised Stahlhelm overlaid by a mobile swastika, on top of crossed swords on a pebbled field, the hollow reverse with a clip hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 36. 07 mm (w) x 43. 39