His mother received his British War Medal
with a missing round wire catch
His Bronze Star citation reads: “For heroic service as a Wire Team Chief of the Corps Artillery
A lot of correspondence from Heer Knight’s Cross recipient Major Herbert Düppenbecker to noted militaria pioneer Lieutenant Colonel John R
Measuring 105x148mm
Finland, Republic. An Order Of Liberty, Iv Class Cross With Military Decoration Auction His mother received his BritishConstructed of patinated magnetic iron, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with Military Decoration, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse overlaid by a silvered swastika and bearing a central raised rosette, the reverse bearing a central impressed date of 1941, with two visible rivets securing the obverse rosette in place, unmarked, measuring 38. 94 mm (w) x 42. 62 mm (h), weighing 25. 2 grams (inclusive of ribbon and device),