An Hj Achievement Badge By Wächtler & Lange Of Mittweida Archive then returned to Eastern Air

then returned to Eastern Air Command in Halifax

was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Winston Churchill declared that Birchall's courage in helping to foil the Japanese invasion was "one of the most important single contributions to Allied victory"

This album is divided into two sections

An Hj Achievement Badge By Wächtler & Lange Of Mittweida Archive then returned to Eastern AirA HJ (Hitlerjugend Hitler Youth) achievement badge; in silvered aluminum; vertical aluminum; maker marked RZM M1 35 for Wchtler & Lange, Mittweida and B on the reverse; measuring 51. 67 mm x 30. 97 mm; weighing 8. 3 grams; the pinback retainer plate slightly loose but otherwise near very fine condition.