Description
" Baird enlisted in the army air forces in September
When Edwin was eight years old
many miles over enemy lines
the reverse with a raised inscription of “VERLIEHEN VOM PREUSSISCHEN LANDESFEUERWEHR VERBAND” (“BESTOWED BY THE PRUSSIAN FIRE FIGHTING ASSOCIATION)
Grand Cross Set of Insignia
Germany, Drl. A Sports Badge, Silver Grade, By Hermann Wernstein Newly Listed " Baird enlisted in the(Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Silber). Instituted 1934 by Deutsches Reichsbund fr Leibesbungen. (1934 1944 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, with central stylized initials DRL, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked WERNSTEIN, JENA, measuring 38. 55 mm (w) x 48. 51 mm (h), in near