Description
1945 in the 5th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima
in silvered and patinated zink with a large national eagle on the obverse clutching a swastika (“Hakenkreuz”) and a leftward facing Stahlhelm on the top with horizontally oriented stick grenade
missing its prongs
surrounded by a circle inscribed "ЗА УСПОМЕНУ 500 ТОДИНА" above and "Ј
United Kingdom. An General Service Medal 1918-1962, Royal Army Medical Corps Buy Now 1945 in the 5th MarineGeorge V, coinage profile by Bertram Mackennal. 1 Clasp IRAQ (200434 PTE. C. CASSON. R. A. M. C.). Naming is officially impressed. Dark patina, edge nicks, bruised, contact marks, original ribbon, fine.