1st Class Cross for Fifteen Years' Service (bronze gilt
Hopcraft was posted to the 12th Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe on January 24
He ended his career as an Oberstleutnant with 50 kills to his credit
1916 and awarded one Good Conduct Badge two weeks later
by Viennese maker Karl Fleischhacker (1882-1903 period)
Germany, Nsdap. A Large Golden Party Badge By Deschler & Sohn (75987) certificate_of_authenticity 1st Class Cross for Fifteen(Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP). Constructed of gilded tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse with a central black mobile swastika on a bed of white enamel, with a red enameled edge inscribed NATIONAL SOZIALISTISCHE D. A. P. (NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS PARTY), inside a gilt laurel wreath, the reverse with a horizontal pinaback, marked with NSDAP member number 75987 and maker Deschler & Sohn, Mnchen), measuring 30. 46 mm in diameter,