Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction machine gunner in the Sturmkompanie

machine gunner in the Sturmkompanie of Grenadier Regiment 459   Footnote: All Knight's Cross Recipient Photographs originate from a single & extremely large collection acquired by eMedals in 2008

marked "STOLPNJE" and number engraved "8190" on the reverse

A doctor in one of his later medical reports described Davidson's wounding that day: "quite fit until June 4th when he was buried three times by shells and he had severe shell shock

she was paid a War Service Gratuity of $100 in 1920

He completed his High School and Junior Matriculation in Los Angeles

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross I Class By Funcke & Brüninghaus Auction machine gunner in the Sturmkompanie(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse with a screw and backplate, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Funcke & Brninghaus, Ldenscheid, measuring