Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap GTRexclude He was awarded the DFC

He was awarded the DFC for his part in detecting the attack on Ceylon and for alerting the Allies during that 1942 flight

at the age of 85

suspended from a pinback hanger inscribed "CROIX ROUGE FRANCAIS"

5 mm x 40 mm)

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap GTRexclude He was awarded the DFC(Luftwaffe Schiffchen). A well preserved Luftwaffe EM NCOs overseas cap, constructed of dark grey wool. The cap is fully surrounded by fold down side panels. Stitched onto the peak is an insignia in the form of a dark grey wool backer bearing a machine embroidered silver grey Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika. The eagle insignia measures 70 mm (w) x 40 mm (h). Underneath the eagle is a machine embroidered tricolour cockade measuring 22 mm in