he was interested in Naval Aviation and applied for a discharge from the Army in order to enter the Navy
then transferred to the 1st Honvéd Hussars by the Kaiser and promoted to the rank of Major
attendees playing sports and at leisure
the 88th Pennsylvania was a small and relatively healthy regiment
Footnote: Erich Pietzonka was born on October 4
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class Auction Archive he was interested in Naval(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring