Three War Merit Medals And Second Class Crosses GTRexclude The award was patterned after

The award was patterned after Napoleon's Legion of Honour of 1812 and the French Colonial Order of the Dragon of Annam

to recruit Americans for the RAF

1943 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur in the III

Hubert - An early Grand Cross Star

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Three War Merit Medals And Second Class Crosses GTRexclude The award was patterned afterA complete grouping of the Kriegsverdienstmedaille and the Kriegsverdienstkreuz, consisting of a War Merit Medal, War Merit Cross Second Class, and a War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords; 1) The War Merit Medal (Kriegsverdienstmedaille) in gilt bronze; on a loop for suspension; with a medal ribbon bar; measuring 32. 23 mm in diameter; 2) The War Merit Cross Second Class (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse) in bronzed zink; on loop for suspension; with