Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge, By F.w. Assmann Newly Listed Czechoslovakia Annexation Medal (1940)

Czechoslovakia Annexation Medal (1940)

it is possible that Gross had been a member of the German Afrika Korps

consisting of 1) A Medal Bar with an Iron Cross 1939 Second Class

showing him wearing King Zvonimir Medal and Croatian Legion badge (earned on Russian Front)

with a bright pink wool underside that extends past the edges

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator & Air Gunner Badge, By F.w. Assmann Newly Listed Czechoslovakia Annexation Medal (1940)(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver; two piece construction, with a wreath consisting of laurel leaves on the left side of the wreath, and oak leaves on the right side of the wreath, with a mobile swastika on the bottom of the wreath, and an eagle superimposed onto the badge holding lightning bolts in its talons; the reverse plain, with a vertical needle style pinback, a barrel hinge, and a round wire catch;