Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class for Non-Combatants Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with dull aching pains which

with dull aching pains which prevented him from lying on that side or raising his left arm

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 275 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

The HJ motto “BLUT UND EHRE

though I don’t want to

Upon retirement as a First Class Coaling Master

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class for Non-Combatants Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with dull aching pains which(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse fr Nichtkmpfer). Reinstituted 5 August 1914 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period non combatants 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