” for Weyersburg
with a missing round wire catch
His Bronze Star citation reads: “For heroic service as a Wire Team Chief of the Corps Artillery
Hastings and was absorbed by the 249th Infantry Battalion
A lot of correspondence from Heer Knight’s Cross recipient Major Herbert Düppenbecker to noted militaria pioneer Lieutenant Colonel John R
Finland, Republic. An Order Of Liberty, Iv Class Cross With Military Decoration Auction ” for WeyersburgConstructed of patinated magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with Military Decoration, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse overlaid by a silvered swastika and bearing a central raised rosette, the reverse bearing a central impressed date of 1941, with two visible rivets securing the obverse rosette in place, unmarked, measuring 38. 94 mm (w) x 42. 62 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams (inclusive of ribbon and device),