France, Iii Republic. A Medal For The War Wounded, Combatant's Issue GTRexclude He was briefly in hospital

He was briefly in hospital "sick" in mid-June

24 PFORZHEIM" (Reichsverband Arbeitsgemeinschaft Heinrich Vogt

and later that year the Eastern Front Medal on August 10

marked "No

surrounded by a band embossed GREGORIUS XVI

France, Iii Republic. A Medal For The War Wounded, Combatant's Issue GTRexclude He was briefly in hospital(Insignes des Blesses). Instituted in 1916. In bronze gilt with red enamels, the red star indicating an award to a combatant, measuring 36 mm (w) x 40. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, intact enamels, scattered gilt wear, bronze gilt and red enamelled star indicating a second wound affixed to its original combatant's ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal for the War Wounded was established by the law of December 11, 1916,