He joined the 8th Company of the 11th Infantry Regiment in Regensburg in October of 1912 and was promoted to Gefreiter (lance corporal) in November of 1913
crowned head BR: OMN: type
In July 1919
" (Tihi Juraju / Zagreb City Assembly / October 30
Instituted 1798 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Close Combat Clasp, Bronze Grade, by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Metall und Kunststoff Province of China He joined the 8th Company(Nahkampfspange in Bronze). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse consisting of a central oak leaf wreath, topped by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a crossed bayonet and stick grenade, situated over a magnetic metal backplate, flanked on each side by four rays and oak leaves with two acorns, the reverse with an integral hinge and fluted banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, designer marked W. E. PEEKHAUS, BERLIN and