Germany, Luftwaffe. A Tropical Service Shirt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Class Knight’s Cross with Swords

Class Knight’s Cross with Swords (Instituted 31

the obverse of the shell notably bearing a hand-painted depiction of Hohensalzburg Fortress

250 mm x 305 mm)

died from pneumonia at Base Hospital in Toronto

near the ricasso

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Tropical Service Shirt Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Class Knight’s Cross with Swords(Luftwaffe Tropen Diensthemd). A well preserved Luftwaffe tropical service shirt, constructed of khaki tan cotton. It features a turned down collar with a vertical slit extending from the collar through the chest, closing with four bakelite buttons on the right meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left. The shoulders are flanked on each side by a pebbled zink button and integral loop for the addition of straps. Each cuff has a