Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Auction Archive 1st SS Panzer Div

1st SS Panzer Div

Footnote: Robert Edwin Robertson was born on August 17

mostly connected to a foot injury Hoffmann sustained in May of 1938

on loop for suspension from period original non-combatant ribbon

the next clause makes an exception by allowing the new Monarch to establish "a single decoration for military distinction in wartime and only for army men"

Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Auction Archive 1st SS Panzer Div(Dppeler Sturmkreuz). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Prussian Imperial Eagle perched on top of a canon, the arms inscribed DFFEL 18. APR. 1864, with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 31. 64 mm (w) x 36. 78 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.