Germany, Weimar Republic. A German Equestrian Federation (Drv) Special Merit Plaque, With Case, To Karl Rusch United Republic of including a 1983 Kassel 30-year

including a 1983 Kassel 30-year Fallschirmjäger Association meeting badge

Surgeon Carmichael - Sepia-toned studio portrait mounted to cardboard

mounted to a silver and gold-coloured wire ribbon

with fullers on both the obverse and reverse

Several of his companions on this expedition had been extensively decorated for their Second World War service and proved to be life-long friends

Germany, Weimar Republic. A German Equestrian Federation (Drv) Special Merit Plaque, With Case, To Karl Rusch United Republic of including a 1983 Kassel 30-year(Deutscher Reiterliche Vereinigung Leistungsplakette). Constructed of bronze, the obverse with a central monogram of the German Equestrian Federation (DRV), topped by a raised depiction of a mounted horse with three others pulling a chariot, above an etched recipients name of KARL RUSCH and a raised inscription of HAUPTVERBAND FR ZUCHT UND PRFUNG DEUTSCHER PFERDE E. V., DEUTSCHE REITERLICHER VEREINIGUNG (F. N.) (MAIN ASSOCIATION FOR BREEDING AND