A Luftwaffe Air Defence Award; First Class 1957 Version Newly Listed Suffolk)"On 21/22 May the C-In-C

Suffolk)"On 21/22 May the C-In-C Home Fleet received word that The German Battleship Bismarck in company with Prinz Eugen had left the Baltic port of Gotenhafen withthe intention of preying on the merchant ships that carried supplies and war materials from Canada and the U

on a 52 mm pin)

Dodwell transferred to the 24th Company in Malta

when he was Killed in Action on the first day of the Battle of Flers-Courceletteat

076 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E

A Luftwaffe Air Defence Award; First Class 1957 Version Newly Listed Suffolk)"On 21/22 May the C-In-CA Luftwaffe Air Defence Award; First Class 1957 Version Post WWII Federal Republic of Germany; Official denazified "1957" issue for Veteran? s wear (as WWII awards were not allowed for wear). Made in 1960's, in gilded tombac. These were awarded only to the German Veterans entitled to this award during the War. Production of these awards ceased in 1986. Mint condition.