I would greatly appreciate please any assistance identifying the medals in the ribbon bar in the photograph below.
By way of background I am assisting the granddaughter of Major Buschmann learn about his military service. She was told he was reported missing in action at the time of the Stalingrad airlift where he served as a transport aircraft pilot. He as called up for service having been a pilot in the First World War. The family home in Berlin was destroyed in an air raid and his wife Rosa Karoline Anna Buschmann née Schmidt and their son Dieter were evacuated to family in Bavaria. Rosa used to wait at the train station where German POW’s were returned from the Soviet Union, sadly to no avail.
The photograph below shows the only clues the family hold about their grandfather. The items were removed from one of Major Buschmann’s tunics when he was a Hauptmann. In terms of the ribbon bar, from right to left I believe they consist of the Iron Cross second class, Honour Cross with Swords, unknown, unknown, possibly Prussian Life Saving Medal. I have also identified the Baltic Cross and possibly the German Knights Cross (Randow Cross).
I have also contacted the Deutsche Dienststelle and Bundesarchiv for assistance. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
