United States. A German-American Bund Membership Pin, by Apollo Jewelry consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac To justify this decoration

To justify this decoration

1943 and signed in black ink by a Stabsarzt and Chief Medical Officer

marked "1/20-10K G

Prior to 1914 some of the national contingents wore distinctive parade uniforms at their own expense

United States. A German-American Bund Membership Pin, by Apollo Jewelry consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac To justify this decorationConstructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval medallion featuring the logo of the German American Bund (Amerikadeutscher Bund Amerikadeutscher Volksbund) executed in red, white, and black enamels, the reverse maker marked APOLLO JEWELRY, BRKLN. N. Y., measuring 18 mm (w) x 21 mm (h), a rare pin in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Writing in "They too were Americans: The German American Bund in Words, Photos