Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of he was awarded the Defence

he was awarded the Defence Medal

the ten rows of silvered wrap in the recesses of the ribbed grip showing scattered interruption in the wire

Many of the men of the division were young German conscripts

His service record includes flying wounded soldiers out of Stalingrad following its encirclement by the Red Army

Germany, Third Reich. A Faithful Service Award, Special Grade for 50 Years with Case, by Deschler & Sohn Republic of he was awarded the Defence(Treuedienst Ehrenzeichen Sonderstufe fr 50 Jahre mit Etui). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by a circular gilt oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central black enameled swastika, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilt number 50, the reverse bearing a central inscription of