Germany, Imperial. A Campaign Badge Of Honour With Miniature, C.1925 Newly Listed Only with difficulty have I

Only with difficulty have I been able to obtain the requested leave of absence from my superior authority

Manufactured in Italy in 1945

Balevski was Co-President of the International Academy of Science

He is remembered with honor on tablets at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial in Nettuno

maker marked "G W L"

Germany, Imperial. A Campaign Badge Of Honour With Miniature, C.1925 Newly Listed Only with difficulty have I(Deutsches Feld Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 1923 by the Deutscher Feld Ehrenzeichen Verein with offices in Hamburg and Dresden. Issued 1923 1933. Constructed of silvered and gilded bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, bearing a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, surrounded by a gilt ring with crossed swords, with a central medallion bearing a raised German soldier, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo