Finland, Republic. A Miniature Order Of The White Rose, Knight I Class Auction Archive RAF airmen arriving at Takoradi

RAF airmen arriving at Takoradi on the Gold Coast (now Ghana) had heard the expression "The White Man's Grave"

Soon after his arrival in England

ATJEH 1896-1900 Bar - (AKA Cross for Important War Actions) Nickel

some of officers at their desks

though of a lesser degree than that required for the conferment of the Order of the Rising Sun

Finland, Republic. A Miniature Order Of The White Rose, Knight I Class Auction Archive RAF airmen arriving at TakoradiIn silver gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 16. 5 mm (w) x 18. 5 mm (h), chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 3 c'clock on the obverse, large rosette on its original ribbon, with suspension hanger, very fine.