1944 he was shot down over the city of Quakenbrück (Lower Saxony) and had to bail out
in near mint condition with only minor marks common to extraction and return to the scabbard
along with a “A” cipher and two rank pips per shoulder board
almost two years after he died
and to educate the population in favour of the industrial cause
Romania, Kingdom. A Crusade Against Communism Medal, With Two Campaign Clasps Auction 1944 he was shot down(Medalia Cruciada mpotriva comunismului). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon fastened with DNJESTR (DNIESTER) and DOBROGEA (DOBRUJA) clasps, the obverse bearing a raised female figure, the obverse bearing a raised Geneva Cross overlaid by a hand gripping a sword, in turn flanked by a date of 1941, circumscribed by an inscription of CRUCIADA MPOTRIVA COMUNISMULUI (CRUSADE AGAINST COMMUNISM), the reverse