Courtesy of Jim Chandler, 455th AAA Collection
We do not know and I have to ask again and try to find out if this medal has been taken from the pilot or if it has been found where the plane landed. Its condition makes me believe it has been found years after the shootdown, but I do not know for sure. However, the medal is some kind of silver medal for the second place during the Nazi Combat Games 1938, some kind of combat orientated competition. Please see next image how the medal once looked!