Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchy. A Medal For Volunteers Of The German 5Th Corps, C.1814 Auction where he saved her from

where he saved her from drowning

circumscribed “Freistaat Preussen” in large capital letters

A Book Keeper by profession

the Wing was under shell fire for nearly a month but despite the great difficulties caused by this constant shelling his magnificent example to all ranks kept them at work so that the airfield was never unserviceable and aircraft never ceased to operate

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey threaded Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchy. A Medal For Volunteers Of The German 5Th Corps, C.1814 Auction where he saved her from(Medaille fr die Freiwilligen des V. Deutschen) Instituted 21 June 1814. A circular medal constructed of iron, the obverse centre bears seven lances tied together with an oak leaf wreath and ribbons, circumscribed with Einigkeit macht stark Vaterlandsliebe unberwindlich (Together we are stronger Patriotism insurmountable), the reverse bears the inscription Den Freiwilligen Vaterland Verteidigern des Fnften deutschen Armeekorps Vouihrem Kommandirenden