Austria, First Republic. A Merit Order, Grand Cross Set, By C.f.rothe & Neffe, C.1930 Archive A Rare photo of AH

A Rare photo of AH and his notorious SS bodyguard

Lieutenant Maynard Charles Denison Bowman was with No

but also pointed to the poor wartime training of junior officers and senior non-commissioned officers in the administration and care of their men that resulted in poor leadership and ineffectiveness of the divisional system

Cross Second Class with Swords (neck cross)

gives history of shell falling near him

Austria, First Republic. A Merit Order, Grand Cross Set, By C.f.rothe & Neffe, C.1930 Archive A Rare photo of AH(Ehrenzeichen fr die Verdienste um die Republik sterreich). 1922 1938 Issue. Consisting of a Grand Cross Breast Badge and a Grand Cross Sash Badge, 1) The Grand Cross Breast Badge consisting of an eight pointed silver star, with a white enameled Seipels cross applied to the obverse; the reverse plain, with a vertical pinback, and a functional hinge catch assembly; maker marked C. F. Rothe & Neffe, Wien I Kohlmarkt 7 on the reverse; measuring 89. 04 mm