United States. A Society Of The Cincinnati Louisiana Association Membership Badge, 1983, By Bailey, Banks & Biddle United Republic of Footnote: The first Antifaschistische Aktion

Footnote: The first Antifaschistische Aktion was proclaimed by the German Communist Party in July 1932 in reaction to the banning of the Rotfrontkämpferbund by the NSDAP just months before

He was posted to the 22nd Battery

with disregard for personal safety and displaying a high degree of skill

though two were aborted due to inclement weather

It fought partisans in central Russia and was destroyed during the Russian summer offensive of 1944

United States. A Society Of The Cincinnati Louisiana Association Membership Badge, 1983, By Bailey, Banks & Biddle United Republic of Footnote: The first Antifaschistische AktionUnited States. A silver gilt medal, rim impressed with maker mark BB&B (Bailey, Banks & Biddle), obverse depicts an embossed state of Louisiana with the society's left facing eagle superimposed and two fleur de lis on each side with 1783 embossed below, reverse inscribed THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION 1983, measures 31mm, suspended on the society's ribbon with a brooch style pin, small contact marks and light edge bruising,