Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pair of Award Documents to Kurt Hollweg, Kampfgeschwader 53

Item #G52239

$350

(Luftwaffe Verleihungsurkunden). A pair of award documents named to Luftwaffe pilot Kurt Hollweg of Kampfgeschwader 53 (“Legion Condor”), including:

1. One for a Bomber Clasp, Silver Grade, constructed of white paper with black ink, named to Hollweg as an Unteroffizier of III Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 53, issued at headquarters on 25 September 1942, featuring the handwritten signature of Oberst Paul Weitkus (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 18 September 1941), measuring 148 mm (w) x 210 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.

2. One for a 1939 Iron Cross I Class, constructed of white paper stock with multi-coloured ink, named to Hollweg as a Feldwebel, issued at headquarters on 22 October 1942, featuring the handwritten signature of Generaloberst Alfred Keller (Pour le Mérite, 4 December 1917; Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 24 June 1940), measuring 140 mm (w) x 205 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.