Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Auction Archive the next clause makes an

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"

1st SS Panzer Div

on loop for suspension from period original non-combatant ribbon

at the age of 29 and was buried in the hospital cemetery

Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Auction Archive the next clause makes an(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.