A large part of the training regime consisted of assault courses and route marching
An extremely rare and highly important award document
His medical records indicate he had Malaria while in East Africa "years ago"
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1) An Iron Cross Second Class award document named to Obergefreiten (Senior Lance Corporal) Heinrich “Heinz” Appel of the 2nd Company of Infanterie-Regiment 278
Germany, Imperial. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge, Prinzen Size, C. 1917 Archive A large part of the(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 24. 54 mm (w) x 38. 56 mm (h), weighing 3. 7 grams, with some tarnishing and