as he was granted a Good Conduct Stripe on October 4
with a contact mark passing through one arm of the swastika and multiple contact marks on the raised oval rim around the insignia
the opponents fled to the national border until Major von Pittel's relentless attack caused their complete disappearance
” for “Gesetzlich Geschützt”
Distinguished Service Order with Additional Award Bar
Prussia. An Observer’s Badge, C.1918 Archive as he was granted a(Beobachterabzeichen). c. 1918. Constructed of heavily silvered stamped bronze; the obverse constructed of a laurel and oak wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon, with an enameled square insignia consisting of white, black, and red enameled superimposed in the center within a bed of sun rays, with a Prussian crown at the top of the badge; the reverse hollow, with a vertical pinback, a barrel hinge, and a flat catch; unmarked; measuring 46. 02