Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Feldwebel-Leutnant Hans Schmelzpfenning Archive He later switched to the

He later switched to the 4th SS Police Panzer Grenadier Division and reached the rank of SS-Obersturmführer

silver gilt with orangy-red enamels

where he was placed as Second-in-Command of the hospital

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 59th Infantry Battalion on June 17

which began administering a test to determine vulnerability

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Feldwebel-Leutnant Hans Schmelzpfenning Archive He later switched to the(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves, the six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the twelve oclock arm with