The Croix de Guerre may be awarded either as an individual award or as a unit award to those soldiers who distinguish themselves by acts of heroism involving combat with the enemy
near Hamburg
and a diagonally across the badge is a Karabiner 98k with the bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle
medallions in Gold
with bubbling and gilt wear on the butt
United States. The Powder Flask Book By Ray Riling Archive The Croix de Guerre mayHardcover, hunter green cloth cover, with paper dust jacket, entitled "The Powder Flask Book" by Ray Riling, with an introductory chapter by Harold L. Peterson, Chief, Historical Investigations Branch, National Park Service, identified as a First Edition, copyrighted in 1953, published by Robert Halter at The River House in New Hope, Pennsylvania, manufactured in the United States of America, printed by Meriden Gravure Company of Meriden, Connecticut,