Germany, Luftwaffe. A Jagdgeschwader 6 Commemorative Plaque consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on May 26 and 28

on May 26 and 28

at the age of 27

surrounded by a gilt laurel wreath

clenching a gear displaying the Hitler Youth insignia in its talons

The Order was one of three orders named an “Order of Overseas France” on September 1

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Jagdgeschwader 6 Commemorative Plaque consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac on May 26 and 28(Jagdgeschwader 6 Horst Wessel Plakette). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle clutching a Sturmabteilung (SA) insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of JAGDGESCHWADER HORST WESSEL, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of TREUE UM TREUE (LOYALTY BEGETS LOYALTY), situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 80 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.