United States. Forty-Nine Military Badges Auction Archive His greatest challenge arose from

His greatest challenge arose from the Italian invasion of 1935 and he is best remembered for his moving and dignified speech to the General Assembly of the League of Nations

Iron Cross 2nd Class 1939 - - Iron Core

on a steel blue cotton-wool blend base

also maker hallmarked FR (Rothe) circa 1900

Sudatenland Medal with bronze Prague clasp

United States. Forty-Nine Military Badges Auction Archive His greatest challenge arose fromIncludes: Infantry, Ordnance, Railway, Signals, Transport, among others. All are fabricated from bronze, twenty one are gilt, twenty eight are silvered, in various colors of enamels, with various maker marks, in various sizes, eleven with a single screwback, twenty seven with vertical pinbacks, two with horizontal pinbacks, nine with dual push pins, the 79th Signals badge exhibiting chipping in the yellow enamels, the remaining badges with intact