Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach visually-hidden Howell with the 2nd Battalion

Howell with the 2nd Battalion

Reitsch was the first woman to fly a helicopter

It is very difficult for him though

1930s: three-piece construction

consisting of a Latin Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by stylized rays

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Medal, with Issue Package, by Arno Wallpach visually-hidden Howell with the 2nd Battalion(Kriegsverdienstmedaille). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR KRIEGSVERDIENST 1939 (FOR WAR MERIT 1939), unmarked, measuring 32. 35 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 4 grams, accompanied by its original package of issue, constructed of brown paper stock, the exterior