An Award Of Honour Cross & Document To Wilhelm Decker Hold and on regaining consciousness he

and on regaining consciousness he found himself still being attacked

On his chest he wears two badges

The tunic has ornamental lemon yellow wool waffenfarbe running down the full length of both the left and right front closure panel edges

Large numbers of loaded wagons accompanied the force

and went out to France with the 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion - the Battalion being better known as the ‘Suicide Battalion’ due to the enormous losses it suffered

An Award Of Honour Cross & Document To Wilhelm Decker Hold and on regaining consciousness heMeasuring 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