Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges And Insignia Auction Archive constructed of silvery machine embroidery

constructed of silvery machine embroidery on an olive green rayon blend backer

the interior title page features handwritten autographs of both Houston and Koundakjian

/ In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and the official seal of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Czech Captain Otakar Jaros Badge (VU = Vojenske U Hrdiny SSSR Kapitana O Jarose)

he was piloting a Beaufighter If X7746 on the night of June 16-17

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot Of Badges And Insignia Auction Archive constructed of silvery machine embroidery(Abzeichen und Insignien). A mixed lot of five badges and insignia, including: 1. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords, constructed of silvered zink, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a block hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim,