A Great War Iron Cross group of four awarded to Lieutenant August Hilbrink, 329, late 67 Infantry Regiment, latterly a medical doctor residing in Dortmund

Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, 1st Class, pin-backed; Iron Cross 1914, 2nd Class; Cross of Honour 1914-18, with swords, these two mounted German style as worn; Wound Badge, ‘silver’ grade, pin-backed, very fine and better (4)
£120-160

With original field award document for the Iron Cross 2nd Class, awarded 16 April 1915 as a soldier of Infantry Regiment 67; another for the Iron Cross 1st Class, awarded 19 April 1918 as a Lieutenant in Infantry Regiment 329; another for the Silver Wound Badge, awarded 4 June 1918 for three wounds, as a Lieutenant in Infantry Regiment 329. Also with the award document for the Cross of Honour, dated 29 June 1935, named to ‘Dr August Hilbrink in Dortmund.’ The four documents bear punch marks. With two original German postcards - bearing photos of German soldiers, these inscribed and both dated 1917.