Germany, Heer. A 1943 Ration Bag consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac JOHNSON MILANO" on both the

JOHNSON MILANO" on both the reverse of the badge and on the buttonhole attachment

Klasse des Verdienstordens)

one side importantly bears the handwritten signatures of 51 soldiers of the United States Seventh Army (3rd Division)

on June 1st

Germany, Heer. A 1943 Ration Bag consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac JOHNSON MILANO" on both the(Heeres Verpflegungssack). Constructed of beige burlap (or Hessian cloth), the exterior bearing a stamped black inscription of H. VERPFL. 1943 for Heeres Verpflegung 1943 (Army Rations 1943) on one side and a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on the opposite side, with three of the edges securely reinforced with heavy stitching to ensure safe transport of grain, potatoes, or other edibles, unmarked, measuring 68 cm (w) x 112 cm (h),