Germany, Luftwaffe. A Formal Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross Award Document to Hauptmann Heinrich Wittmer, Kampfgeschwader 55 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The German Youth Order (Jungdeutscher

The German Youth Order (Jungdeutscher Orden) was the youth element of the Stahlhelm

crossed cannons and cannonballs insignia with pinback

the obverse of the cross with red enameled arms and ring with a white enameled finish

the reverse maker marked for “PREUSS

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Formal Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross Award Document to Hauptmann Heinrich Wittmer, Kampfgeschwader 55 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The German Youth Order (Jungdeutscher(Urkunde zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). A rare and well preserved formal Knights Cross of the Iron Cross award document, constructed of a heavy card stock binder with a red saffian (goatskin) leather exterior liner, the cover bearing a gilded and embossed German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, opening to reveal covers lined with off white parchment and situated within gilt borders, the lower edge of the back cover bearing