A Collection of German Militaria

A German Second World War Luftwaffe Grouping.
A nice small group comprising Luftwaffe soldbuch to Oberfeldwebel Hans-Herbert Lembke. The soldbuch is the standard Luftwaffe blue issue with a photograph of Lembke to the inner page wearing Luftwaffe uniform, hatless, all 24 pages of the soldbuch complete, first issued in 1939, page 4 complete with all of his flying units, which carries on with page 17 noting he was serving in many units during the intervening years and his final unit being a reconnaissance unit 22 January 1945. Every other page having in-depth detail of his service, on the reverse side pasted in as an addition to page 22 his list of awards, Iron Cross Second Class 10 August 1941, Wound Badge in black 30 August 1941, the Luftwaffe Front Flying clasp in bronze 11 September 1941 and finally the Iron Cross First Class on 2 October 1941. All of these awards are with the soldbuch the Flying clasp having excellent finish to the bronze, maker marked on the reverse side ‘C.E. Juncker’ in its original fitted box with the correct lettering to the exterior of the box, lettering slightly defaced, a nice clean Iron Cross First Class, pin back, matching Iron Cross Second Class, finish slightly dull and undamaged Wound Badge in black stamped ‘L56’ below the hinge. A nice complete grouping of a Luftwaffe NCO flyer who served the whole length of the Second World War, good condition, scarce £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of German Militaria.

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