Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Combatant Awards, with Owner-Attributed Trench Art Box United Republic of The Purple Heart (PH) is

The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving

measuring 33 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

obverse presents with white enameled Maltese Cross on top of green laurel wreath

Grimminger’s girlfriend (her name also appears in the obituary)

Germany, Imperial. A Pair of Combatant Awards, with Owner-Attributed Trench Art Box United Republic of The Purple Heart (PH) is(Auszeichnungen und Grabenkunst Etui). An owner attributed group to a First World War combatant, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from a Third Reich period tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a