he stated he "did not consider that the deaths of the soldiers was caused by the fact that the carrier was overloaded
at the age of 22 and is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
clutching a bronze banner with the inscription FÜR SCHLESIEN (FOR SILESIA)
9 PFORZHEIM" on the reverse
entries for his operational tour with No
Netherlands, NSB. A Rare 1940 Commemorative Medal, Bronze Grade, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac he stated he "did notConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised mobile swastika defaced by a Wolfsangel, surrounded by a wreath of roses with a chain overlaying the bottom, circumscribed by an inscription of LOTSVERBONDENHEID 10 14 MEI 1940 (FATEFUL UNION 10 14 MAY 1940), the reverse bearing inscription of SAAMGEDREVEN DOOR HET LOT VEREEND IN GEVAAR (DRAWN TOGETHER BY DESTINY, UNITED IN DANGER) and DIETSCHES EN DUITCHES VERBONDEN IN DIE TOEKOMST (DUTCHMEN AND