Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons Archive he was deemed "Medically Unfit"

he was deemed "Medically Unfit" and was retired for the final time

Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (1936)

It is accompanied by an original NVA-issue slate grey cotton tie

then promoted to Acting Corporal on March 30

a navy blue fabric-wrapped cardboard insert placed within the base and incorporating a raised platform in navy blue felt

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Medal for Meritorious Services to Carrier Pigeons Archive he was deemed "Medically Unfit"(Brieftaubenwesen Verdienstmedaille). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a central raised messenger pigeon in mid flight, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSVERBAND FR BRIEFTAUBENWESEN (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CARRIER PIGEONS), the reverse bearing a central raised year of 1938 situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, circumscribed by an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE FLUGLEISTUNGEN (FOR MERITORIOUS FLIGHT PERFORMANCE),