Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal United Republic of mounted to a silver eight-pointed

mounted to a silver eight-pointed star base

maker marked "CREIGHTON'S MOOSE JAW" on the reverse

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

presented on a 42 mm-long magnetic medal bar with horizontal pinback

Germany, Third Reich. An Order Of The German Eagle, Bronze Merit Medal United Republic of mounted to a silver eight-pointed(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),