A lot of five wartime photographs of Knight’s Cross recipients
He was subsequently sent to the sanatorium at Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives (it was the first free tuberculosis hospital in the world: these centres were dedicated to assisting people in the early stages of lung disease
28 cm (w) x 14 cm (h)
encircled by a knotted rope around which is inscribed UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
In addition to reams of never-before-published information about the awards there are also hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations that augment the text
Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of Cased Civil Awards consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A lot of five wartime(Auszeichnungen mit Etui). A pair of civil awards, including: 1. An Honour Cross of the German Mother, Gold Grade, constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays, the obverse with blue and white enameled arms, bearing a central white enameled disc overlaid by a black swastika, circumscribed by a