Germany, Third Reich. A Customs Service Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the other measuring 40 mm

the other measuring 40 mm (w) x 100 mm (l)

United Spanish War Veterans 31st Annual Encampment at Framingham

surrounded by a ring of blue with white oak leaves and stating “LUFTGAU MOSKAU

suffering gunshot wounds to his left arm

measuring 34 mm x 28 mm in diameter

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs Service Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the other measuring 40 mm(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed and pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central circular oak leaf wreath, surrounding a raised inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE