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 wielding a shield bearing the

wielding a shield bearing the monogram of the Empress

The death announcement card of Fritz Richter

To justify this decoration

the obverse of each bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a swastika

sealing twice by the Blue Division Garrison in Vilnius

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 wielding a shield bearing theConstructed 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