Victory Medal (1081058 CPL
light green and dark green enamels
1931 and his mother died one week before he met his fate in the North Atlantic
It was while in Lemnos that he contracted "Ameobic Dysentery" (an infection of the intestines by a parasite causing diarrhoea that contains blood or mucus)
Germany, Third Reich. A Horseman’s Badge, Bronze Grade, By L. Christian Lauer Hold Victory Medal (1081058 CPL(Pferdesport Leistungsabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, obverse depicting central mounted horse, within an oval oak leaf wreath, with a horseshoe and letter R at the base, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an elongated round wire catch, maker marked L. Christian Lauer, Nrnberg Berlin, measuring 41 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.