After recovering he volunteered for duty in the newly deployed Kleinkampfverbände (small battle units) in early 1944
obverse centre presenting a blue enameled golden kite (the messenger of the kami as described in the ancient Japanese chronicle Nihon Shoki
(Albrechtsorden Albrechtskreuz)
aerial protection flights of mine clearing boats
wooden cross rising out of the base of the shield between two open crowns with a similar crown around the lower limb of the cross
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class, By Paul Meybauer Auction Archive After recovering he volunteered for(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with LDO code L 13 for Paul Meybauer, Berlin,