stamped and signed by Gruppenführer Themke
Footnote: The 12th Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized on March 15
He then went back to General Service for five years
1870 and awarded to those who took part in the defence and liberation of Rome from 1849 to 1870
in silver with textured red enamels
Three 1957 Version Issued Award Stickpins Auction Archive stamped and signed by Gruppenführer(Federal Republic): Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 (silver with black enamels, unmarked, 9 mm, on a 48 mm pin); German Cross in Silver (silver with black enamels, unmarked, 10 mm, on a 44. 3 mm pin); and Air Defence 1st Class Cross (bronze gilt, unmarked, 8. 8 mm, on a 47. 8 mm pin). Scattered enamel chipping on the German Cross in Silver, extremely fine.