Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte United Republic of stating "Deeply regret to inform

stating "Deeply regret to inform you that your son Private John J Creech Jr USMC was Killed in Action at Tarawa instead of Missing in Action as previously reported

allowing the hewer to be suspended from a uniform belt

with a raised titled swastika upon its chest

1942 at 12:00pm for a POW of the scuttled Kriegsmarine armoured cruiser Admiral Graf Spee from the Argentinian camp on isla Martin Garcia

Accompanied by a ribbon bar

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Operator And Air Gunner Badge By Berg & Nolte United Republic of stating "Deeply regret to inform(Fliegerschtzenabzeichen fr Bordschtzen und Bordmechaniker). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a mobile swastika, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching dual lightning bolts, the reverse with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked B & N, L for Berg