Rudi’s aircraft suffered a direct hit to the right gas tank and immediately caught fire
There was only one Memorial Cross issued
the "D" on "2ND" double struck
number 4707 and the Army China Campaign Medal
An Iron Class Second Class 1939 by Hermann Aurich - Silver
Germany, Nsdap. A Membership Badge, By Biedermann & Co. United Republic of Rudi’s aircraft suffered a direct(NSDAP Mitgliedsabzeichen). Constructed of zink, horizontal pinback, the obverse with a central white disc overlaid by a black mobile swastika, within a red ring bearing a raised inscription of NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHE D. A. P. (NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS PARTY), the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and makers code of M1 186 for Biedermann & Co., Oberkassel, measuring 23. 36 mm in diameter, some loss of paint evident, a late example