An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Archive He acquired a good practical

He acquired a good practical education by hard study at night and read a great deal

A 1936 Landesbund Thüringen/Arnstadt Kameradschaftsbund Deutscher Polzeibeamten badge

1946: "Enlisting September 19

MARIAHILFER STR

An Iron Cross 1939 First Class Archive He acquired a good practicalAn Iron Cross 1939 First Class Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse; white metal cross pattee of multi piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a white metal ribbed border; the obverse with a raised central mobile swastika with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse plain, with a vertical slender banjo style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch; unmarked; measuring 44. 08 mm x 44. 12 mm;