Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards Newly Listed Osterhold served as a Platoon

Osterhold served as a Platoon Leader in the 8th Company of Infantry Regiment 27

but because the safety of the non-combatant inhabitants of Louisbourg depended upon him he reluctantly accepted the terms of surrender

Cross of Mourning for next of kin

and situated

and from information received there is little likelihood of any of the remaining four members of this crew surviving

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards Newly Listed Osterhold served as a Platoon(Auszeichnungen). A pair of service awards, including: 1. A 1939 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, 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 six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, unmarked, measuring