Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal United Republic of 24 mm (w) x 99

24 mm (w) x 99

we feel certain

even though as a senior commander he wasn’t actively involved in air combat

Barker was a Colt machine gunner with the regiment's machine gun section until late February or early March 1916

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Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal United Republic of 24 mm (w) x 99(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Verdienstmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross, with its arms joined together by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST MEDAILLE (GERMAN MERIT MEDAL),