Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the obverse with a red

the obverse with a red machine-embroidered disc bearing a white Sig rune

The left side rank tab is overlaid by a single silver aluminum wire tresse

as he had suffered multiple severe gunshot (shrapnel) wounds to his face and arms

The photo is dated to April 1942

obverse with a red enameled central medallion depicting a Gold crowned coat of arms of Reuss

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the obverse with a red(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, 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