Three First War German Medals & Awards Auction The blade shoulders perfectly meet

The blade shoulders perfectly meet the lower cross guard contour

Mounted to a traditional trapezoid-shaped suspension

stitching separation evident in the right armpit and around the main reinforced buttonholes on the front

Paul of Ogden

Three First War German Medals & Awards Auction The blade shoulders perfectly meetPrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, unmarked, 43. 5 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, maker marked with the interlocking letters "PSL" in a circle (Paul Schulze & Co., Lbeck) on the reverse, 37. 5 mm); and Imperial: Wound Badge, Black Grade (blackened iron, magnetic, unmarked, 38. 7 mm x 44. 5 mm, vertical pinback). Ranging from extremely fine to near