Germany, Third Reich. A Rhineland Propaganda Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (DRL Erinnerungsplakette)

(DRL Erinnerungsplakette)

405 Squadron was equipped with Lancasters

earning him the Corunna clasp for the MGSM and is listed as as a Gunner on the Muster Rolls from October 1808 and January 1809

but in the West especially

dark patinas on the BWM and IGSM

Germany, Third Reich. A Rhineland Propaganda Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (DRL Erinnerungsplakette)(Propaganda Abzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse bearing a depiction of a hand gripping a snake (symbolizing France), topped by an inscription of DER RHEIN, DEUTSCHLANDS STROM (THE RHINE, GERMANYS RIVER), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.