in addition to two bouts of pneumonia
for men deemed unfit for action at the front
A Second War Pair of Awards - Mounted as originally worn
The Iron Cross 2nd Class award document is named to Obergefreiter (Corporal) Heinrich Grünhagen of the 12th (Machine Gun) Company of Grenadier Regiment 695
Constructed of grey bakelite
Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar For First World War Service, By H. Acker Auction Archive in addition to two bouts(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for First World War service featuring four decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with 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 initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse