United Kingdom. Framed stringer and glass pieces of the Downed Halifax, April 1945 Province of China Mackie & Co 1916”

Mackie & Co 1916”

Seaman Arnold Bolm of the German Steamship General Osorio was awarded the Presidential Gold Lifesaving Medal in recognition of his heroic services in effecting the rescue at sea of the passengers and members of the crew

Revised and Enlarged Edition

measuring 147 mm x 106 mm

(Gautag Leipzig Erinnerungsabzeichen)

United Kingdom. Framed stringer and glass pieces of the Downed Halifax, April 1945 Province of China Mackie & Co 1916”Two pieces of glass and two pieces of stringer (structural framework), contained in a glass frame with black wooden exterior. The interior shows a sheet below with reading: The Halifax journey began when the almost new aircraft took off from Tarrant Ruston Air Base in Southern England, on the night of April 23,1945. Its mission dropping supplies to Norwegian resistance fighters. The Halifax was returning home when it was hit by anti aircraft fire over