Germany, Luftwaffe. A Jagdgeschwader 6 Table Medal, By Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac signed by the Commandant

signed by the Commandant

with gilded crossed swords and an oak leaf wreath between the arms

Bronze medal with obverse bearing Tyrolean eagle and reverse bearing German “das land tirol den verteidigern des vaterlandes” (translation: the state of tyrol to the defenders of the fatherland) measuring 33

Gerhold broke his collarbone on duty on September 4

It was decided that he be invalided to England

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Jagdgeschwader 6 Table Medal, By Deschler & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac signed by the Commandant(Jagdgeschwader 6 Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a Sturmabteilung (SA) logo, circumscribed by an inscription of JAGDGESCHWADER HORST WESSEL, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of TREUE UM TREUE (LOYALTY BEGETS LOYALTY), maker marked DESCHLER, MNCHEN, measuring 80 mm in diameter, demonstrating only minor loss of finish, in extremely fine condition.