Spain, Kingdom. A Medal Of Suffering For The Motherland Newly Listed then promoted to Sergeant on

then promoted to Sergeant on February 25th

Although there was the occasional case of drunkenness

only one of the crew was still alive in the water

An example of a cap-removed NSKK (National Socialist Motor Corps/Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps) cap badge for the Motorgruppe Berlin-Brandenburg

] 25 April 1943: Army High Command Leader Reserve

Spain, Kingdom. A Medal Of Suffering For The Motherland Newly Listed then promoted to Sergeant onMedalla de Sufrimientos por la Patria. Instituted in 1814, revised in 1900. In bronze gilt with blue and white enamels, measuring 32 mm in diameter, intact enamels, original ribbon suspended from a traditional Spanish style horizontal hanger with pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Medal of Suffering for the Motherland was a Spanish decoration, created to reward members of the Spanish Army and other allied nations, having been wounded and injured