Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Hold who started the resistance against

who started the resistance against the Axis forces in 1941

As he was single

lobbying the US Congress to establish veterans' pensions

His citation reads as follows: "Group Captain Leonard J

Mecklenburg-Schwerin. A House Order Of The Wendisch Crown, Grand Cross Sash Badge Hold who started the resistance against(Hausorden der Wendischen Krone, Grokreuz). Issued 1864 1918. A large Maltese cross constructed of silver gilt, with white enameled arms, and lions between each of the arms of the cross; the the obverse with a central medallion of blue enamels, with a raised silver gilt Wendish crown, surrounded by a ring of red enamels, inscribed Per Aspera Ad Astra (Latin Through Struggle to the Light) in silver gilt capital letters; the reverse with a central