Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen. An Honour Cross, Ii Class With Swords, C.1915 GTRexclude machine-gun and anti-tank and was

machine-gun and anti-tank and was equipped with eight 3-inch (76 mm) mortars

with a vertically oriented Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle superimposed on the wreath

A third reich period Jugendherberge Tübingen/Neckar donation badge

The interior paint of the helmet shows wear

where he received the Knight’s Cross of the Royal Prussian House of Hohenzollern

Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen. An Honour Cross, Ii Class With Swords, C.1915 GTRexclude machine-gun and anti-tank and was(Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 17 December 1856 by Prince Gnther Friedrich Carl. (Issued 1870 1918). A gold filled Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, with crossed swords in each quadrant, obverse centre with a silver gilt oval blue enameled medallion bearing a gilt lion rampant, reverse with silver gilt oval blue enameled medallion bearing a gilt royal monogram of Gnther Friedrich Carl, on a loop for suspension from its period