A First War Prussian Iron Cross & Military Merit Medal Bar Buy Now suffering a gun shot wound

suffering a gun shot wound to his chest and left thigh

he was preparing to lead an assault against another gun position when felled by enemy small arms fire

of excellent quality Austrian manufacture

He competed in both the men's 200-meter Breaststroke and the men's 400-meter Breaststroke

The shoulders are adorned with shoulder boards in gold-coloured and silver bullion with a gilt aluminum pip in the centre

A First War Prussian Iron Cross & Military Merit Medal Bar Buy Now suffering a gun shot woundPrussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, maker marked "KO" (Knigliches Mnzamt Orden) on the ring, 43 mm); Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, maker marked "A. & S." (F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid) and marked with stylized Assmann "A" on the reverse, 37. 5 mm); and Prussia: Military Merit Medal, 2nd Class (silver, 39. 2 mm). Mounted to a traditional trapezoid suspension