A First War German Medal Pair With Ribbon Bar Newly Listed He was with RAF 166

He was with RAF 166 Squardon when on August 3

measuring 31 mm x 35 mm

And every day the growing suffering of the civilian population are “justified” and “forgiven” in the name of the GREAT WESTERN OFFENSIVE

protecting a right-facing rifleman in a trench below

I turned around immediately to head for another landing target

A First War German Medal Pair With Ribbon Bar Newly Listed He was with RAF 166Prussia: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914 (silver frame, with iron core, magnetic, 42. 5 mm); and Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (iron with a bronze coloured gilt, magnetic, maker marked "B. H." over "L." (Bernhard Haarmann, Ldenscheid) on the reverse, 37. 5 mm). Mounted to a suspension with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, original ribbons, light surface wear evident on the arms of the IC and the reverse of the HC, near extremely fine.