Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards for Combatants Republic of Reitsch escaped advancing Soviet forces

Reitsch escaped advancing Soviet forces to be captured by the United States Army

Hauptmann Albrecht Wüstenhagen

Cabul 1842

French Overseas Medal

until a bursar was appointed at Bath after the Second World War

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Pair of Service Awards for Combatants Republic of Reitsch escaped advancing Soviet forces(Auszeichnungen). A pair of Wehrmacht service awards, including: 1. A War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, the obverse bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central wreathed date of 1939, unmarked, measuring 48. 85 mm (w) x 49. 58 mm (h),