Germany, Federal Republic. A German Order, I Class Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac FOR GALLANT SERVICE AT BIRKENHEAD

FOR GALLANT SERVICE AT BIRKENHEAD

which was a British special forces operation by the Belgian Independent Parachute Company (5th Special Air Service) against German rear-area installations near Condreceau in the Le Mans north-western region of German-occupied France (July 28 - August 15

but which are being investigated

(Schutzpolizei Portepee)

In the 13th century

Germany, Federal Republic. A German Order, I Class Exhibition Example by Rudolf Souval, c. 1960 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac FOR GALLANT SERVICE AT BIRKENHEAD(Deutscher Orden der NSDAP, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with black enameled arms, the obverse of each trimmed with a raised and gilded oak leaf border, joined through the quadrants by a double sided NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastikas, bearing a central NSDAP membership badge consisting of a white enameled medallion overlaid by a black mobile