Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Auction overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe

overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle executed in dark grey machine embroidery

His wife was born on June 22

The Liberator carrying Collinge and his crew mates caught 20 mm cannon fire from Messerschmitt ME-109s

Type IV (1921- )

Ukraine on December 23

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, V Class Cross with Swords, by C.F Zimmermann Auction overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe(Orden vom Deutschen Adler, Kreuz V. Klasse mit Schwertern). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a Maltese Cross with white enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas on white enameled discs, the obverse overlaid across the three and nine oclock arm with crossed swords, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension