Germany, Nsfk. A 1938 National Socialist Flyers Corps Kassel Championships Plaque Auction Archive Iron Cross Second Class 1939

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 - Non magnetic (brass) center

The very high (over seventy-five percent) death rate on Ambon had been exacerbated when an American bomber dropped six bombs on the Japanese bomb dump right next to the Tan Tui POW camp

with approximately 80% of its original bronze wash remaining

was the Golden Kite (Kinshi Kunsho)

His wife was buried alongside him when she passed away in 2000

Germany, Nsfk. A 1938 National Socialist Flyers Corps Kassel Championships Plaque Auction Archive Iron Cross Second Class 1939(Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Reichswettkmpfe des NS Fliegerkorps Kassel Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered aluminum; the obverse illustrating a mobile swastika superimposed on a winged man (Icarus) in flight, inscribed Reichswettkmpfe des NS Fliegerkorps des NS Fliegerkorps Kassel 12 14. 8. 1938; measuring 82 mm in diameter; in overall very fine condition.