Mongolia, People’s Republic. An Honorary Medal of Combat, c. 1945 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and Breast Star: 18K Gold

and Breast Star: 18K Gold with red

Footnote: Augustus Pfankuche was appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the King’s German Artillery on October 29

His aviation life began with early bush flying with Canadian Airways of Winnipeg

both contained in original cardboard box of issue

measuring 102 mm (w) x 152 mm (h)

Mongolia, People’s Republic. An Honorary Medal of Combat, c. 1945 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic and Breast Star: 18K Gold(Instituted May 16th, 1941). A circular silver medal, the obverse depicting a leaping horse with a rider wielding a saber, surrounded by a red enameled ring with a decorative track, the reverse is plain, numbered 3834, on a swivel ring for suspension from its suspender with a triangular red ribbon and screw post pinback (missing its backing plate), unmarked but traditionally manufactured by the Moscow Mint, measuring 36. 2 mm in diameter, in better