Obergefreiter Blume was awarded the Eastern Front Medal (Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42) on September 1
63mm x 48mm
the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey threaded oval oak leaf wreath
and his body was probably already in the process of deteriorating
featuring a facsimile signature of Staatsminister Otto Meissner and an embossed stamp of the Chef der Ordenskanzlei
United States. A Spanish-American War Group To The 4Th Illinois Regiment Auction Obergefreiter Blume was awarded theA Spanish American War Group to W. T. Vaughn 4th Regiment of Illinois, United States Volunteers Army Spanish War Service Medal (bronze, numbered "29215" on the edge, 33. 5 mm, on original ribbon with brooch pinback); Army of Cuban Occupation Medal 1898 1902 (bronze, numbered "8442" on the edge, 33. 5 mm, on original ribbon, sewn together at the ends); Spanish American War Badge (silver, unmarked, inscribed "1898 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR FOR HUMANITY'S