he received the following awards: the Radioman’s Badge on August 8
and sailed from Kowloon to Nagasaki
typical Klein & Quenzer cross
measuring 38 mm (w) x 38 mm (h) and similarly attached with undisturbed factory stitching
a highly decorated veteran of the Afrika Korps and Hermann Göring Division who received the Knight’s Cross for meritorious actions at the Second Battle of El Alamein
Thailand, Kingdom. A Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, I. Class Star, c. 1945 Auction Archive he received the following awards:(Khrueang Ratcha itsariyaphon An Pen Thi Choetchu Ying Chang Phueak). Instituted in late 1861. (c. 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, featuring a starburst pattern with a central leftward facing white enameled elephant, surrounded by a faceted ring, and a ring of alternating red and green petals, the reverse plain, with a tall barrel hinge, broad vertical pinback, and rightward opening catch (bent out of shape; not allowing the pinback to open),