Germany, Luftwaffe. A Schöngarten Military Airport Christmas Plate, 1940 Hold He was posted as a

He was posted as a Gunner to the 250th Battery

where he served until returning to H

He is Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette for Burma on September 2

and an Air Raid Defence medal ribbon

surface wear evident on the reverse of the Star and VM

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Schöngarten Military Airport Christmas Plate, 1940 Hold He was posted as a(Fliegerhorst Schngarten Kriegsweihnachten Gedenkteller). Constructed of glossy porcelain; the obverse depicting a map of Europe showing the German Reich, along with some of Europe's major cities, along with a large Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, inscribed Fliegerhorst Schngarten Kriegsweihnachten 1940; the reverse with two small holes for hanging off a wall; marked Villeroy & Boch, Dresden and numbered 3723 within the porcelain. In