A Second War German Eastern Winter Campaign Medal By Otto Zappe Auction " Ruddick is also mentioned

" Ruddick is also mentioned in the Forty Niner magazine

East Prussia (modern day Nowaja Derewnja near Kaliningrad

There was severe fighting in the surrounding hills and on the outskirts of the plain and the Japanese succeeded in cutting a long section of the Imphal-Kohima road and holding it for over three months

The campaign to put down the rebellion was made difficult by the poor communications at the time

A Second War German Eastern Winter Campaign Medal By Otto Zappe Auction " Ruddick is also mentionedA Winterschlacht im Osten 1941 42 medaille; in silvered and patinated zink; on loop for suspension (marked 110 for Otto Zappe of Gablonz); with its full length period original ribbon; with a large national eagle on the obverse clutching a swastika (Hakenkreuz) and a leftward facing Stahlhelm on the top with horizontally oriented stick grenade; the reverse Winterschlacht im Osten 1941 42 (Winter Battle in the East 1941 42) in all capital letters with a