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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1028

Germany: Three to Wilhelm Schwerkholt, Infantry Regiment (Hamburg) Nr. 240

Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class; Lübeck Hanseatic Cross 1914; Honour Cross 1914-1918, with swords, mounted as worn, very fine (3)

Wilhelm Schwerkholt joined as a 17-year-old volunteer on 31 August 1914, he fought on the Western Front and was taken POW on 29 September 1916 until his release on 9 November 1919. He was entitled to a disability pension and there is an exemption certificate from the Military dated 5 April 1943 on grounds of disability.

Sold with a quantity of original certificates and documentation together with the Soldbuch of Grenadier Hingant (?) Schwerkholt (father?), born 9 July 1865, who appears to have served in the 7th Company, 1st Prussian Guards Regiment.


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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£60