Germany, Luftwaffe. A German Cross In Gold, Luftwaffe Cloth Version Newly Listed 43rd Battn

43rd Battn

The battalion was transferred to the Seventh Army and almost immediately to the Third Army on April 1

1941 Goebel flew 21 minesweeper missions and destroyed 31 mines in the Black Sea

Constructed of a field-grey rayon backer

edges worn but fully intact

Germany, Luftwaffe. A German Cross In Gold, Luftwaffe Cloth Version Newly Listed 43rd Battn(Deutsches Kreuz). Instituted on 28 September 1941 by AH. Cloth Version Type 1. An eight point sunburst with the top, inner layer sunburst in matte grey cotton thread, the bottom, outer layer in bright, silver aluminum wire, the cross has a gilded circular cupal wreath with embossed laurel leaves and ribbons and a small banner with the date 1941 at the bottom centre, the inner edge of the wreath has a red thread border with an additional silver