Ghana, Republic. A Revolution Day Medal 1966 Archive Knobloch took his flight training

Knobloch took his flight training at Randolph and Kelly Fields in Texas

original red wax seal separated when opened by the recipient but remains intact

with a central red enameled disc bearing a raised gilt mobile swastika

1946 HE LIVED TO BEAR HIS COUNTRY'S ARMS

He was the recipient of a War Merit Cross

Ghana, Republic. A Revolution Day Medal 1966 Archive Knobloch took his flight trainingInstituted in 1966. In silver, measuring 33 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), dark patina on the obverse and the edge, edge nicks, light contact, original ribbon, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Revolution Day Medal was awarded for service in the coup of February 24, 1966, when some officers of the Ghanaian armed forces ousted Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of the Republic.