Germany, Hj. A Member’s Armband certificate_of_authenticity hand-engraved RAF wings insignia mounted

hand-engraved RAF wings insignia mounted to a horizontal pinback

owned by wealthy businessman John Ernest Stern of New York

These units were ordered to hold an island of defence from the UTAH beach to the far West of the Cherbourg Peninsula

tortured into giving false confessions

2) The preliminary award certificate is named to Oberstleutnant Dammaß

Germany, Hj. A Member’s Armband certificate_of_authenticity hand-engraved RAF wings insignia mounted(HJ Armband). Constructed of red cotton, the exterior bisected by a central white cotton band, overlaid by a white diamond bearing a machine embroidered black mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 205 mm (l) x 102 mm (h), some soiling is evident and the stitching has been severed and crudely repaired, in overall very fine condition.