Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal GTRexclude I saw 5 enemy aircraft

I saw 5 enemy aircraft south of Houthulst Forest with an escort of about 10 enemy aircraft

depicting Paar in the uniform of a Hauptscharführer and with the Iron Cross I Class

Court-mounted with vertical pinback

Ontario) on January 28

The insignia measures 34 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

Schaumburg-Lippe, Principality. A Military Merit Medal GTRexclude I saw 5 enemy aircraft(Militrverdienstmedaille). Instituted 30 May 1850 by Prince Georg Wilhelm; renewed 1870 by Prince Adolph Georg. (1870 1871 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with clasp, the obverse bearing a central monogram of Prince Georg Wilhelm, situated within a circular laurel leaf wreath, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR MILITAIR VERDIENST (FOR MILITARY MERIT), situated within a circular laurel