A German Western Powers Berlin Airlift Commemorative Medal 1948 Newly Listed Advanced to Colonel in May

Advanced to Colonel in May 1908

eagle on thick white wool threads (center section with celleon threads)

1915 with the 37th Infantry Battalion for WWI service

Upon the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War

Strathcona’s H

A German Western Powers Berlin Airlift Commemorative Medal 1948 Newly Listed Advanced to Colonel in MayBronze with a copper coloured wash, obverse illustrating a plane flying over a distribution yard housing a manned forklift and a truck with workers processing various supplies, the coat of arms of the City of Berlin flanked by "19" at the left and "48" at the right (1948) below, surrounded by the inscription "LUFTBRCKE DER WESTMCHTE", reverse inscribed "DIE WELT BEWUNDERT DEN KAMPF DER BERLINER" and marked with the engraver's initials below, 40 mm,