Germany, Third Reich. A Customs and Border Service Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac China was on the winning

China was on the winning side

a Landesverband Hessen badge

When Fischer received the German Cross in Silver the regiment was stationed in Tiraspol

First Delaware Infantry

Germany, Third Reich. A Customs and Border Service Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac China was on the winning(Zollgrenzschutz Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 17 February 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from a period replacement ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central oak leaf wreath surrounding an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTEIM ZOLLGRENZSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL