A German National Socialist Flying Day Award Hold The Army later informed his

The Army later informed his mother that his "remains have been carefully exhumed from the original place of interment and reverently reburied in Grave 1

for service in North West Europe

He was taken prisoner by enemy forces and held as a Prisoner of War from December 11

he was transferred from Class B to Class C on February 5

His repeated requests to be allowed to go to France were finally granted

A German National Socialist Flying Day Award Hold The Army later informed hisA German National Socialist Flying Day Award Die stamped bronze, in the form of an elongated shield flanked by bars with side stepping, illustrating an angled swastika above a plane in flight, inscribed "N. S. FLUGTAG NEUSTADT, HAARDT 14. 8. 32." above the swastika and "RHEIN PFALZ FLUG" below the plane, 43. 5 mm x 67. 3 mm, mounted via two rivets to a 84 mm x 120 mm black stained wooden plaque with hook on the reverse for wall hanging, extremely fine.