Prussia, Kingdom. A Red Cross Medal, I Class With Case GTRexclude was awarded the Distinguished Service

was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving as Chief of Staff for the Second Air Force and an Observer in a B-17 Heavy Bomber of the 8th Air Force

100 Army Radar Battery was awarded the Military Medal

the reverse in postcard format and bearing a handwritten dedication of “MEINEN LIEBEN ELTERN

It exhibits a few tape repairs

Prussia, Kingdom. A Red Cross Medal, I Class With Case GTRexclude was awarded the Distinguished Service(Rote Kreuz Medaille, I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 October 1898 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1898 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, the obverse consisting of a convex red enameled Geneva Cross, with each arm completing in a detailed royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 20 mm (w) x 44. 78 mm (h), weighing 10. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original