Germany, Heer. A 1942/43 Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54 Caucasus Campaign Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Reichsarbeitsdienst Kappenabzeichen)

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Kappenabzeichen)

with black cotton patches sewn in place in the armpits

the reverse unused in with a Hoffmann studio mark

measuring 318 mm in length

was the son of William and Evelyn Mitchell and husband of Ethyl May Mitchell of London

Germany, Heer. A 1942/43 Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 54 Caucasus Campaign Commemorative Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Reichsarbeitsdienst Kappenabzeichen)(Gebirgs Pionier Bataillon 54 Kaukasuseinstze Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from an original leather cord, the obverse bearing a central raised pennant flanked by edelweiss, circumscribed by inscriptions of JETZT ERST RECHT! (NOW MORE THAN EVER!) and GEB. PI. BTL. 54, the reverse bearing a central raised mountainscape, overlaid by dates 1942 43, topped by an inscription of KAUKASUS, and situated above an