Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Newly Listed he worked as a freelancer

he worked as a freelancer at the Rosenthal in Selb

An early badge owned and worn by perhaps one of the first Luftwaffe Casualties of operations in France

In a letter from the Personal Effects Distribution Center at the United States Naval Supply Depot in Clearfield

his citation stating: "For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on Ie Shima

Germany, Heer. A Cavalry/Reconnaissance Standard Bearer’s Sleeve Insignia Newly Listed he worked as a freelancer(Abzeichen der Fahnen und Standartentrger). Constructed of a field grey cotton blend, the obverse bearing a central machine embroidered dark blue Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, with feathering highlighted in silver grey threading, flanked on each side by machine embroidered multi coloured standards in golden yellow Cavalry Reconnaissance Waffenfarbe, with details highlighted in silver aluminum wire, above an oak leaf