Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive where he was named Acting

where he was named Acting Sergeant on August 1st

On May 12th

Refusing to withdraw after being seriously wounded in the chest during this skirmish

A multirayed eight-pointed star in silver

the lid bearing a gilt inscription of “LUFTWAFFE FLUGZEUGFÜHRER-ABZEICHEN”

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, I Class Merit Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet Archive where he was named Acting(Deutscher Adlerorden Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern und Etui). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1943 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by a gilded NSDAP style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika on a white enameled disc, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arms with a pair of crossed swords, the