4th Class Soldier's Cross for Bravery
where he was hospitalized at the British Commonwealth General Hospital for chronic nephritis (inflammation of the nephrons in the kidneys
3 mm wide x 177 mm in diameter
he was viewed with "Shakes - Lost his voice in the street
An Iron Cross 1St Class 1914; Screwback By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive 4th Class Soldier's Cross forSilver frame, with iron core, magnetic, vaulted, manufactured by Paul Meybauer, Berlin, marked "500" (silver) on the support plate, marked "D. R. G. M." (Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster = patented), numbered "653146" and marked "800" (silver) on the screwback, 42. 5 mm, vertical pinback, extremely high quality, better than extremely fine. Footnote: This Iron Cross was a private purchase award. Paul Meybauer of Berlin only began supplying Iron Crosses