His death was recorded on a Circumstances of Death Registry Card: "This soldier was hit in the abdomen by an enemy bullet
landed at Omaha Beach on June 8th
a Line-Crossing Ceremony (Äquatortaufe) document
measuring 50 mm x 51 mm
a second Reich Labour Service (RAD) cap badge
Germany, Imperial. A Hanseatic Cross, Bremen Issue Hold His death was recorded on(Hanseatenkreuz Bremen). Constructed of silvered copper with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with red enameled arms and a central red enameled disc bearing a silvered Bremen coat of arms, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914, unmarked, measuring 40. 51 mm (w) x 44. 55 mm (h), weighing 20. 1 grams, with minor flecking of enamels evident,