Afghanistan, People's Democratic Republic. An International Fighter Medal With Booklet Auction winning the Iron Cross Second

winning the Iron Cross Second Class

with Gunner George Arthur Bareham taken as a Prisoner of War and placed in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp at Jesselton

accompanied by its original wax paper wrappings and its original packet of issue

Signature on Post War Photo: Gerhard Schopfel

Afghanistan, People's Democratic Republic. An International Fighter Medal With Booklet Auction winning the Iron Cross SecondInstituted in 1988. In brass with red, green and black enamels, measuring 32 mm in diameter, original ribbon, suspended from a traditional Soviet style rectangular brass frame with screwback, extremely fine. Accompanied by its award booklet (un named, red moisture resistant cover, text in black ink on the inside spread, measuring 73 mm (w) x 104 mm (h)). Footnote: The Medal for International Fighters (AKA Medal From the Grateful Afghan People) was