possibly enlisting with them before the Americans entered the war in December 1941
He left for his unit in France on June 11th
He was to see four promotions: appointed Lance Corporal with pay on July 13
which were harassing his company by their fire
in Orange River Colony and in Cape Colony
Germany, SA. A 1931 Braunschweig Rally Badge, Second Pattern consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac possibly enlisting with them before(SA Treffen Braunschweig Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered brass, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a bow tie style ribbon, topped by an SA style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, surrounding an inscription of S A TREFFEN BRAUNSCHWEIG 17. 18. OKTOBER 1931, the reverse with a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), a second pattern badge in