a set of Enlisted shoulder straps
each measuring 210 mm (w) x 140 mm (h)
The preponderance of unidentified graves is due to the destruction of all the records of the camps by Lieutenant-Colonel Suga
Mayes was to begin a streak of unprofessional conduct and misbehaviour that would follow him throughout the war
Instituted 2 April 1952
Luxembourg, Duchy. An Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Grand Officer Set Republic of a set of Enlisted shoulder(Ordre de Mrite du Grand Duch de Luxembourg). Instituted in 1961. A Grand Officer set, comprising a neck badge in silver gilt with red, white, and blue enamels, measures 52 mm (w) x 56. 4 mm (h), worn on a neck badge, large enamel chip to the obverse 6 oclock arm, otherwise near very fine. The star of the order, in silver, a twelve pointed star with a superimposed silver gilt, with white, red, and blue enamelled cross, the reverse offers a vertical