Germany, Wehrmacht. A Luftwaffe German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version Hold This is a well preserved

This is a well preserved Kriegsmarine Submarine (U-Boot) badge

reverse inscribed "GAU-ARBEITSTAGUNG DER DAF

1917 in a fight with RAF planes when his aircraft lost a lower wing due to the stress of the combat manoeuvres

For his service in South Africa

with a pink/red stamp reading “Nur vom Empfänger zu Öffnen” (Only to be opened by the recipient)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Luftwaffe German Cross In Gold, Cloth Version Hold This is a well preserved(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, Stoffausfhrung). Instituted 28 September 1941. (1941 1945 issue). Constructed of a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points, with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver aluminum bullion threading, while the rest consists of dark grey threading, the cross features a gilded stamped circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the institution year 1941, the inner and outer sides of the wreath feature