Lieutenant Commander Cushman succeeded in returning with his flight to his Task Group under extremely adverse conditions
the obverse depicting a shield with dual hammers and a canister gas mask superimposed on the star
all suspended from a 170 mm-long magnetic metal bar with a black wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback
Senior Lieutenant and Knight’s Cross winner Günther Schmid
Royal Air Force Sweetheart Badge (in sterling silver
Austria, Imperial. An Order of Franz Joseph, Commander’s Star in Gold, by V. Mayer & Sohne United Republic of Lieutenant Commander Cushman succeeded in(Franz Joseph Orden). Instituted on 2 December 1849 by Franz Joseph I. A silver star consisting of eight clusters of faceted rays in the arms, the obverse superimposed insignia in 18K Gold features a red enamelled cross with the imperial double headed eagle, partially enameled in black, shown in the angles of the cross, the two heads of the eagle bear in their beaks a loop of chain with the emperors motto VIRIBUS UNITIS (WITH UNITED FORCES) applied at