A Second War American Ploesti Oil Fields Kia Group $5,500 Archive He was invalided to England

He was invalided to England

SA Eagle for a Field Cap - machine embroidered dark green and silver bullion threads on brown cloth

From February 18th

the lid gilt inscribed

hole drilled through crown replacing ring suspension

A Second War American Ploesti Oil Fields Kia Group $5,500 Archive He was invalided to EnglandWWII Technical Sergeant Elijah D. Johnson USAAF, KIA on The Liberator Raid on the Ploesti Oil Fields, Romania, 1943 Distinguished Flying Cross (bronze gilt, engraved "T. SGT. ELIJAH D. JOHNSON A. C." on the reverse, 43. 3 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); Purple Heart (bronze gilt and enamels, engraved "ELIJAH D. JOHNSON" on the reverse, 34. 7 mm x 43 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback); and Air Medal (bronze gilt, engraved "T. SGT.