traced to his contracting influenza and a follow-up serious operation performed while he was overseas in 1918
With the outbreak of the First War
where he wold recuperate for the next two weeks
Dual-prong open-claw leather-wrapped metal buckle with a smooth finished dark green upper on the right end
he was promoted to Feldwebel in the Luftwaffe
Austria, Empire. A Military Merit Cross With War Decoration, Iii Class Cross, By F.rothe Auction Archive traced to his contracting influenzaIn silver with red and white enamels, hallmarked with a hound's head, the head flanked by a "3" (silver fineness) on the left and marked with the assay city mark "A" (Vienna) on the right and maker marked "FR" within a diamond (F. Rothe) on the integral suspension, measuring 30. 8 mm (w) x 35 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 3 o'clock on the reverse, original triangular ribbon with hook