Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, II Class Cross in Gold, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He was identified as dead

He was identified as dead on admission to the 1st British Casualty Clearing Station on August 26

mounted to a silvered and gilded bronze cross base

(the rank of Obersturmführer was considered the equivalent of an Oberleutnant in the German Wehrmacht)

one maker marked on reverse JACOB REEDS SONS

Artillery Badge (introduced 1888) - bronze

Prussia, Kingdom. An Order of the Crown, II Class Cross in Gold, by Johann Wagner & Sohn Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic He was identified as dead(Kniglicher Kronen Orden Kreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 18 October 1861 by King Wilhelm I. (1896 1916 issue). Constructed of 14K Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with white enameled arms trimmed with gilt borders, the obverse overlaid by a central Gold medallion bearing a raised crown, situated within a blue enameled border bearing an inscription of GOTT MIT UNS (GOD WITH US) with arabesques, the reverse overlaid by a