Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Summer Cap Cover, by August Schellenberg consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a blue enameled

surrounded by a blue enameled ring with the words FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

1942 by Executive Order 9265 issued by President Franklin D

the reverse with Roman numerals “XX” (20)

Around this time

and was promoted to Unterscharführer on 1 November of that year

Germany, Luftwaffe. An EM/NCO’s Summer Cap Cover, by August Schellenberg consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surrounded by a blue enameled(Luftwaffe weie Mtzendeckel fr Mannschaften). Constructed of white cotton twill, the peak pinned with an aluminum insignia in the form of a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 60 mm (w) x 42 mm (h) and retaining both attachment prongs, with a metal snap button situated directly below the eagle to lock onto an accompanying cap, the rim reinforced with a layer of white rayon, the interior encompassed by a white rayon liner and