Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II with Rhein/Ruhr Campaign Clasp, by Paul Küst Archive both on the exterior and

both on the exterior and on the interior

and with a manufacture date of “1940”

The Japanese fighters caught them as they turned over shipping in the harbor for their bomb run

The change was made at night

Higham is memorialized at Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Reviers

Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II with Rhein/Ruhr Campaign Clasp, by Paul Küst Archive both on the exterior and(Schlageter Schild, 2. Form). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled oval field, bearing a raised inscription of SCHLAGETER, situated above a pair of crossed swords, with a Latin Cross extending from the top edge, in turn flanked by RHEIN RUHR 1923 24 campaign clasps, the reverse with four visible clips securing the clasps in position, with a