Germany, Imperial. An Association Of Messenger Pigeon Breeders Merit Medal GTRexclude with heavy grade twill machine

with heavy grade twill machine stitching throughout

1989) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe during the Second World War

and an SS-Rottenführer on June 29

his luck ran out on August 20

Spanish Civil War Type - Bronze

Germany, Imperial. An Association Of Messenger Pigeon Breeders Merit Medal GTRexclude with heavy grade twill machine(Militr Brieftaubenwesen Leistungsabzeichen). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with a depiction of a pigeon flying over a landscape, circumscribed by inscriptions VERBAND DEUTSCHER BRIEFTAUBEN LIEBHABER VEREINE (ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN MESSENGER PIGEON FANCIERS) and FR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN (FOR EXCELLENT SERVICE),