United States Army Air Force was honorably discharged from the Army on December 30
with a matte black face bearing Arabic numerals 1-12
He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
reverse explains The Rights of Prisoners of War and The Rules For Surrender in German and coded "US/GB-ZG61
unmarked but typical Huguenin manufacture
Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, By Rudolf Souval GTRexclude United States Army Air Force(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from 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 mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the suspension loop