Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Feldwebel-Leutnant Hans Schmelzpfenning Auction Sampel spent eleven months with

Sampel spent eleven months with the 14th Company of Schützen Regiment 3 (14

the maker mark overstamped "GGBG" (Governor General's Body Guard)

We carried Carl to the rear where he was buried with all the honor that his comrades could bestow on one who did his job so magnificently and so gloriously

fourth row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one silver and four bronze stars

as "Pablum" largely financed further research for the hospital

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross Ii Class With Award Document To Feldwebel-Leutnant Hans Schmelzpfenning Auction Sampel spent eleven months with(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