Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 749

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£230

A German group of five awarded to Feldwebel Georg Claus, Luftwaffe

Germany, German Cross in Gold, pin-backed; Iron Cross 1939, 1st Class, pin-backed; Iron Cross 1939, 2nd Class; Squadron Clasp for Air-to-Ground Support Pilots, pin-backed - these all later ‘denazified’ issues without swastika; Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, bronze, obverse unsigned, reverse inscribed, ‘George Claus’, stirrup suspension, this last good very fine, others better (5) £240-280

Awarded the Luftwaffe Clasp on 25 January 1943 and the German Cross in Gold on 14 November 1943 as a member of Sturzkampfgeschwader 3. With some copied research on the unit.