where he finished his military career
registering for renewed service on 1 March 1937
Benson in uniform (black and white with a turquoise outline
He is commemorated on page 180 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
awarded to Friedrich August Brandholt
Germany, Wehrmacht. A German Cross In Gold, Heavy Version, By C.e. Juncker GTRexclude where he finished his military(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). Constructed of gilded and patinated tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double overlaid radiant starburst pattern, with a central silvered disc bearing a black enameled mobile swastika, within a circular laurel leaf wreath wrapped in ribbon, joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing a date of 1941, surrounded on both sides by red enameled rings, the reverse with five visible rivets