Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Five Service Decorations Newly Listed the Japanese South Seas Detachment

the Japanese South Seas Detachment under Major General Tomitarō Horii clashed with under-strength Australian forces from the Papuan Infantry Battalion and the Australian 39th Battalion on July 23rd at Awala

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1914-15 Star (80140 Pte G

Matching set

the order was cancelled and he was re-assigned to the submarine H

Germany, Third Reich. A Lot of Five Service Decorations Newly Listed the Japanese South Seas DetachmentA grouping of five Third Reich German medals, awards, and decorations consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross Second Class with Swords. (Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted October 18th, 1939 (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of bronze, with a fixed loop and ring for suspension, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a central wreathed date of 1939,