having received his promotion on April 20
of the bronze Polar Medal 1904 for the Antarctic
He resigned his commission and was granted the rank of Lieutenant on March 22
the obverse bears the inscription “Friedrich August Medaille” with arabesque detailing at the top and bottom
was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Swords
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Wächtler & Lange United Republic of having received his promotion on(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop maker