Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit I Class, With Case And Stick Pin Miniature consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Army Officer's Cap Badge (in

Army Officer's Cap Badge (in die-stamped bronze gilt

Bernard Patrick Duplassie enlisted as a Rifleman (E30530) with the 1st Battalion

106 “British Orders and Decorations” by James C

Shi'a pilgrims who were caught in a stampede on al-Aaimmah bridge

It had been said that evacuating him to the hospital was probably the toughest problem that medics ever had

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit I Class, With Case And Stick Pin Miniature consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Army Officer's Cap Badge (in(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui und Anstecknadel). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Deschler & Sohn, Munich, measuring 48. 42 mm (w) x 48. 54 mm (h), weighing 20. 5 grams, accompanied by a stick pin