Germany, Dlv. A 1936 Cannstatter Wasen Commemorative Flight Medal Archive overlaid by a central Saxe-Altenburg

overlaid by a central Saxe-Altenburg coat of arms

Nicholas M

It was one of three units to receive the United States Presidential Unit Citation after the Battle of Kapyong

consisting of a Cross Pattée with black enameled arms joined through the quadrants by gilded NSDAP-style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas

during which he was shot down or forced to crash-land 17 times

Germany, Dlv. A 1936 Cannstatter Wasen Commemorative Flight Medal Archive overlaid by a central Saxe-Altenburg(1936 Jubilums Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of an Etrich Taube in mid flight, circumscribed by an inscription of JUBILUMS STERNFLUG ZUM CANNSTATTER WASEN 1911 1936 (ANNIVERSARY FLIGHT TO CANNSTATTER WASEN 1911 1936), the reverse bearing raised dedications from the Lord Mayor of Stuttgart and the local Deutsches Luftsportverband (German Air Sports Association DLV) chapter, unmarked,