Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic An Imperial Japanese Army field

An Imperial Japanese Army field hat constructed of coarse olive drab wool field cap with most of the machine sewn yellow star worn off the front

His sixth period of hospitalization would prove to be his longest

yet begin to fall ill complaining of painful back issues in 1919

stamped in blue ink "21062" in the upper right

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross, I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic An Imperial Japanese Army field(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebble arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 43 for Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 25 mm (w) x 48.