An Award Of Honour Cross & Document To Wilhelm Decker Hold 20 mm x 74

20 mm x 74

face plate affixed by two rivets

London Gazette 22 September 1944

with hallmark on a ring

killing 167 men

An Award Of Honour Cross & Document To Wilhelm Decker Hold 20 mm x 74Measuring 21. 1 x 14. 6 cm Honour Cross, bronze, 3. 7 x 3. 7 cm; Date of item: Jan 22nd, 1935 An award of the Ehrenkreuz fr Frontkmpfer (Honour Cross of the World War 1914 1918) to Wilhelm Decker, miner from Gro Blten, by the county commissioner. Commonly but incorrectly known as the Hindenburg Cross, as it was established by Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg. The medal is made up of an Iron Cross with two swords behind it (indicating it was awarded