Germany, Third Reich. A Rhineland Propaganda Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (DRL Erinnerungsplakette)

(DRL Erinnerungsplakette)

Barnett Northwest Guns

but in the West especially

Twelve men and the Officer Commanding were wounded

405 Squadron was equipped with Lancasters

Germany, Third Reich. A Rhineland Propaganda Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (DRL Erinnerungsplakette)(Propaganda Abzeichen). Constructed of brass, the obverse bearing a depiction of a hand gripping a snake (symbolizing France), topped by an inscription of DER RHEIN, DEUTSCHLANDS STROM (THE RHINE, GERMANYS RIVER), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 30 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.