A Luftwaffe Oberfeldwebel Pioneer Tunic 1940 GTRexclude wreath surrounding a centrepiece inscribed

wreath surrounding a centrepiece inscribed "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" with a voided number "96" in the centre

he joined the Luftwaffe with Flieger-Ersatz Abteilung 7 and attended Flight/Air Observer School in Cologne

unmarked but likely of French manufacture

together with matching ribbon bar

On one occasion during the latter battle his battery was in close support of the attacking infantry

A Luftwaffe Oberfeldwebel Pioneer Tunic 1940 GTRexclude wreath surrounding a centrepiece inscribedThe tunic is fabricated from a coarse dark gray wool. The shoulders are adorned with Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant) shoulder straps, each strap incorporating a 9 mm wide strip of fine silvered wire threading, sewn in place via white threading upon a dark gray wool upper, the edges trimmed in black cord piping indicating the branch to be Pioneer, each strap with three silvered pips surrounding a silvered number "6", with a blackish gray wool