United States. A Lot Of Thirteen United States Army Medical Hospital Lapel Badges Auction Archive surmounted by a silver crown

surmounted by a silver crown

with maker's logo on reverse

It states that his royal highness Duke Ernst August of Brunswick has awarded Kastellan (castellan) Börsing the Cross of Merit

he was recorded as Killed in Action on September 17th 1944

while the launch sites and underground V-1 storage depots were targets of strategic bombing

United States. A Lot Of Thirteen United States Army Medical Hospital Lapel Badges Auction Archive surmounted by a silver crownAll are fabricated from bronze, six are silvered, the other seven in gilt, all with various colours of enamels, two with a two piece construction, the other eleven with a one piece construction, each with a handwritten label on the reverse identifying the badge, twelve with dual push pins, the remaining badge with a single push pin and missing its other push pin point, intact enamels, near extremely fine.