Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1938 Flying Award To Feldwebel (Sergeant) At Rotenburg Newly Listed USS Louisville was in overhaul

USS Louisville was in overhaul at Mare Island from October 8 until Dec 24

the blacks trapping is highlighted with aluminum and red stitching with the slide matching the strapping

into which one of the men fell

An Iron Cross First Class 1939 Case - The smooth leather variety

39mm (x75mm including crown suspension)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1938 Flying Award To Feldwebel (Sergeant) At Rotenburg Newly Listed USS Louisville was in overhaulSilvered brass insignia illustrating a single prop plane flying through the clouds, a swastika on its tail, 119 mm in diameter, held in place by a screwpost and nut on the reverse, a brass plaque affixed by two brass pins below the insignia inscribed "Fl. Horst Rotenburg 1938", on a bevelled edged, black painted wooden plaque, a hook on the reverse for wall hanging, 160 mm x 210 mm, extremely fine.