Prussia, Kingdom. A Red Cross Medal, I Class With Case Buy Now dated July 1945: "Sergeant Lessard

dated July 1945: "Sergeant Lessard has served continuously with the Battalion since it landed in NORMANDY until VE day as Intelligence Serjeant

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8 mm (w) x 90 mm (h - inclusive of swivel crown and horizontally pierced suspension ball adorned by cross)

for the award of the Air Medal to twenty airmen

Prussia, Kingdom. A Red Cross Medal, I Class With Case Buy Now dated July 1945: "Sergeant Lessard(Rote Kreuz Medaille, I. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 October 1898 by Kaiser Wilhelm II. (1898 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, the obverse consisting of a convex red enameled Geneva Cross, with each arm completing in a detailed royal crown, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 45. 20 mm (w) x 44. 78 mm (h), weighing 10. 7 grams, accompanied by its period original