United States. A Lot Of Forty-Nine Insignia Badges Auction Archive This was a likely cause

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Footnote: The medal's obverse has the bust of Edward VIII facing left

War Merit Cross First Class

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United States. A Lot Of Forty-Nine Insignia Badges Auction Archive This was a likely causeBadges represent the numbered Air Forces, Airborne, Air Ship Companies, Infantry Divisions, Military Railways, Transportation, among others. Fourteen badges are sterling silver gilt with red, white and blue enamels, marked "STERLING" on their reverses, in various sizes, with vertical pinbacks, the 12th Air Force badge with repair evident in the blue enamels. Thirty four badges are fabricated from bronze, twenty five are gilt, six are silvered, in