Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and on October 19th 1942

and on October 19th 1942 he was assigned to the Budweis 302nd Reserve Infantry Battalion

near Manchester

It is perforated at the forehead with an array of ventilation holes

He joined the Nazi Party in 1931

Lippe-Detmold, Principality. A Rare Princely House Order, II Class Cross in Gold, c. 1900 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and on October 19th 1942(Frstlich Lippischer Hausorden Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse in Gold). Instituted 25 October 1869 by Prince Leopold III of Lippe Detmold and Prince Adolf I Georg of Schaumburg Lippe. (1890 1918 issue). Constructed of 18K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms situated within a Gold frame, the obverse overlaid by a central Gold right pointed radiant starburst, bearing a central white enameled medallion inset