Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar, By Louis Kase United Republic of Footnote: The Sudetenländische Treibstoffwerke company

Footnote: The Sudetenländische Treibstoffwerke company

HJ boys (Hitler Jugend = Hitler Youth) and BDM girls (Bund Deutscher Mädel = League of German Girls) served eight months on farms

It is impossible to determine at what height the fire started or to offer any explanation as to why no member of the crew escaped by parachute

Stamped onto the ricasso are a Russian Cyrillic maker’s mark of “ЗИК” for the Zlatoust factory

and edged with a light blue cord (representing Ortsgruppe)

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar, By Louis Kase United Republic of Footnote: The Sudetenländische Treibstoffwerke company(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar featuring two decorations, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with three central oak leaves,