the ground crews and other pilots improvised a perimeter defence until Soviet rank units arrived and the Germans surrendered
that he had four years' previous service with the Cadet Corps and one year with the Edmonton Fusiliers
A Second Class German Olympic Merit Cross - Breast Badge
an Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
51 mm (w) x 33
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Aluminum Version By C.e. Juncker Archive the ground crews and other(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of aluminum, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback, maker marked C. E. JUNCKER, BERLIN, measuring 65. 14 mm (w) x 52. 25 mm (h), minor loss of finish is evident and the