A Second War German Eastern Winter Campaign Medal Hold dated April 20

dated April 20

Laplante enlisted for Second World War service

South Wales on October 14

stamped in faded blue ink "M4/24" and number stamped in black ink "No 015920" and marked "A"

inscribed "Unser erfolgreicher Kampfflieger / Leutnant Karl Bolle" below

A Second War German Eastern Winter Campaign Medal Hold dated April 20A Winterschlacht im Osten 1941 42 medaille; 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; the reverse Winterschlacht im Osten 1941 42 (Winter Battle in the East 1941 42) in all capital letters with a crossed sword and laurel wreath on the bottom; on a loop for suspension (unmarked); with its period