Germany, Weimar Republic. A Field Honour Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He had been experiencing pain

He had been experiencing pain in the knee for the previous ten days

He completed Grade 12 at Cartmel Grammar School in England and left school at the age of 17 to enlist

unmarked but typical "Braca Knaus

marked "B" and numbered "No 108448"

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Field Honour Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He had been experiencing painDeutsches Feld Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 1920. (1920 1933 issue). Constructed of silvered and gilded bronze with white enamels, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse overlaid by an elongated white enameled Cross Patte with a central oval medallion bearing a raised Heer soldier, within a gilded and pebbled ring, with crossed swords through the centre, the reverse with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch,