Word: insignia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...happened; so did the five-million-odd foreign workers in the Reich. Stockholm reported that in Berlin 10,000 Italians went on strike, demanding to be sent back to Italy immediately, and that demonstrators sang the International, made bonfires of portraits of Hitler, Nazi Party membership cards and insignia. Leaflets were circulated: "Germans, what the Italians can do we can do. . . . Only the Nazis stand in the way of that peace for which we all long. Down with Hitler, Goebbels and Göring." In most cases the police avoided open conflict with the demonstrators...
Rudolf von Ribbentrop, 22-year-old, London-educated son of the German Foreign Minister, got the Knight's Insignia of the Iron Cross for service on the Russian front. He commands a tank company...
Shoulder patches with the varied insignia of the many branches of the army presented in the AST unit are being collected by First Sgt. Isacowitz, who plans to make a placque of the patches. "We want something that will show the wide range of background from which you come," the sergeant said. "You won't be going back to your old outfits anyway so you won't need the patches...
Something new has been added to Army & Navy airplane insignia. Last week, all over the world, maintenance men got out red & white paints, added a broad white bar to the existing white star on a blue circle. A red border outlines the whole. The change restores the red, white & blue color scheme, affords greater visibility...
Lieutenant Morton Lustig was awarded both the diploma for excellence in his studies and the Commanding Officers' award, a set of gold bars and Air Force insignia presented to the student of each class who is recognized as outstanding in all phases of work at the School...