He was discharged after 237 days service
MINISTERI CORSO UMBERTO I ROMA" on the inside lid
He attributed the acquisition of his illness to the United States Army Air Corps accidentally bombing his unit at Caen
which condensed much of what was written about him by biographers of the time
A Fine First War Württemberg Officer’s Medal Bar GTRexclude He was discharged after 237Mounted as worn German style, comprising: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914, magnetic; Wrttemberg, A Royal Wrttemberg Military Merit Order, Knight's Cross, in silver gilt and enamels, 36. 0mm(w) x 40. 8mm(h)mm, unmarked, of very fine quality manufacture, enamels without chipping, in extremely fine condition; Wrttemberg, Friedrich Order of Wurttemberg, Knight Cross First Class with Swords, in silver gilt and enamels, 36. 5 (x50mm including swords suspension),