surrounded by a blue enamel ring inscribed AL MERITO CIVIL (To Civil Merit)
he was the recipient of the Naval General Service Medal with four clasps
numbered "278695" on the reverse
as he signed his second Attestation Paper the day after he was released from the 31st Infantry Battalion
the base retaining a fully-intact layer of dark green felt to mitigate surface scratching
Germany, Luftwaffe. A German Cross in Gold, Cloth Version, Modified for Postwar Wear United Republic of surrounded by a blue enamel(Luftwaffe Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). An unusual German Cross in Gold, cloth version, constructed of a dark grey wool twill base indicating Luftwaffe issue, bearing a central eight pointed starburst pattern executed in silver grey threading and silver aluminum wire, bearing a central black threaded void surrounded by dual circular red threaded rings with an additional silver aluminum wire outer border, the reverse retaining a black