Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards certificate_of_authenticity For this service he was

For this service he was specially promoted to Captain

Footnote: Gordon Alexander Hay was born on May 8

Manfred von Richthofen initially entered military service as an Imperial German Army cadet in Schweidnitz (present day Świdnica

with embroidered railway pattern insignia and oakleaves in yellow threads

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards certificate_of_authenticity For this service he was(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards, including: 1. A War Merit Medal, constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 8 grams, in near mint condition. 2. An Eastern Front