A French Order Of The Legion Of Honour, 4Th Class, Officer, Model Of The Third Republic (1870-1951) Archive on the obverse

on the obverse

on the upper arms

with a sterling silver and enamelled insignia affixed to the front

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Marine Fireman (he is also documented in his medical records as a Locomotive Fireman)

Rudel joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 as part of a bomber wing

A French Order Of The Legion Of Honour, 4Th Class, Officer, Model Of The Third Republic (1870-1951) Archive on the obverseFrance; Silver gilt with red, white, blue and green enamels, Gold centrepieces, hallmarked with an eagle's head on the tassels on the reverse, 42 mm (w) x 65 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and ball suspension, bronze palm and large rosette on its original ribbon, crazing on the obverse and chipping on the reverse evident in the white enamels on the arm at 10 o'clock, chipping in the enamels on the crossed flags on the reverse centrepiece and in the