Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Auction Archive the next clause makes an

the next clause makes an exception by allowing the new Monarch to establish "a single decoration for military distinction in wartime and only for army men"

for putting out a fire and saving the stores at the British Expeditionary Force Canteen at Poperinghe

mostly connected to a foot injury Hoffmann sustained in May of 1938

A badge constructed of aluminum

Prussia, Kingdom. A Düppel Storm Cross Auction Archive the next clause makes an(Dppeler Sturmkreuz). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with a leftward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a Prussian Imperial Eagle perched on top of a canon, the arms inscribed DFFEL 18. APR. 1864, with a laurel wreath through the quadrants, unmarked, measuring 31. 64 mm (w) x 36. 78 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.