{"id":1626,"date":"2026-04-29T21:43:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1626"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:41:58","slug":"imperial-german-officer-grouping-arthur-kerp-koblenz-documents-medal-bar","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/product\/imperial-german-officer-grouping-arthur-kerp-koblenz-documents-medal-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"German Officer Grouping \u2013 Arthur Kerp &#8211; Major Battles! Somme!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful set from world war one German Oberleutnant Arthur Kerp, born 12 July 1883 in Koblenz<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-section-id=\"1liqflk\" data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1294\">Command of a machine gun unit<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1g311x5\" data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1330\">Transfer to staff as adjutant<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"15au1es\" data-start=\"1333\" data-end=\"1362\">Later infantry assignment<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1huwu5m\" data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1384\">Discharge in 1918<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"928\">Confirms participation in major WWI battles:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1046\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1525pr1\" data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"947\">Somme (1914)<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"12vc20o\" data-start=\"950\" data-end=\"972\">Rawka-Bzura (1915)<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"uehvzw\" data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"997\">Naroch Lake (1916)<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"v76mgw\" data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1026\">Aisne-Champagne (1917)<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ksxyx9\" data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1046\">Flanders (1918)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The medal bar consists of:<\/p>\n<p>Iron Cross 2nd Class<br \/>\nHindenburg Cross<br \/>\n25-Year Faithful Service Medal<\/p>\n<p>The Iron Cross 2nd Class is marked \u201cKO\u201d, which stands for K\u00f6nigliches M\u00fcnzamt, Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>The Hindenburg Cross is marked \u201cB.H.L\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-Year Faithful Service Medal is unmarked.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful set from world war one German Oberleutnant Arthur Kerp, born 12 July 1883 in Koblenz Command of a machine gun unit Transfer to staff as adjutant Later infantry assignment Discharge in 1918 Confirms participation in major WWI battles: Somme (1914) Rawka-Bzura (1915) Naroch Lake (1916) Aisne-Champagne (1917) Flanders (1918) The medal bar consists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1662,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[146,54],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1626","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-awards-german-empire","product_cat-groupings","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smilitaria.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}