A German Western Powers Berlin Airlift Commemorative Medal 1948 Newly Listed eagle on thick white wool

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

the head of the pickaxe on the ground

the dagger measuring 332 mm overall

General der Flieger (General of the aviators) Friedrich Christiansen

Upon the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War

A German Western Powers Berlin Airlift Commemorative Medal 1948 Newly Listed eagle on thick white woolBronze 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,