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AF Sergeant Collects Nazi Period Medals After 18 Year Quest
U S Air Force Staff Sgt Gayle W Dinsmore of Lexington Ky owns a 1940s Star of the Iron Cross prototype and a large set of Third Reich badges collected since 1960 The 601st Tactical Control Wing supply squadron member began collecting at Kentucky and expanded while stationed in the United Kingdom His collection includes the Auxiliary Cruiser Badge with Diamonds Grand Cross of the Knight s Cross and various Luftwaffe Army and Navy insignia with many items later traded or recovered at flea markets and from war time dealers.
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U.S. Air Force
Gayle W. Dinsmore
Lexington
Dinsmore
601St Tactical
University of Kentucky
United Kingdom
England
London
Germany
Hitler
Reichsmarshal Goering
Luftwaffe
France
Patton
Bavaria
Order of the
Mussolini
Sembach Air Base
West Germany