credited with having served with the 8th Canadian Siege Battery in France and Belgium
realizing the drain on Treasury funds
the reverse centre presents the inscription “KRIEGSVERDIENST” within a circular oak wreath border
and three Boxed United States Air Force (USAF) Pilot Badges (in sterling silver
Footnote: The Medal of Suffering for the Motherland was a Spanish decoration
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Transport And Glider Clasp, Silver Grade consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac credited with having served with(Frontflugspange fr Transport und Luftlandeflieger in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a swastika in mid flight, flanked on each side by nine oak leaves, the reverse bearing a single rivet securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch,