Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap Hold Protruding from the second button

Protruding from the second button hole from the top is an Iron Cross 2nd Class ribbon

Gerhold was one of 23 pilots of human torpedoes called “Neger”

Strange considering his Wehrpass has him down as unmarried

and an Africa ribbon

and again hand sewn onto the tunic

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Em/Nco’s Overseas Cap Hold Protruding from the second button(Luftwaffe Fliegermtze). Constructed of dark grey wool with fold down side and back panels with gently sloping, downward scallops to the front, the peak of the cap features a second pattern, Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, constructed of machine embroidered silver thread on a dark grey wool backer, stitched underneath the eagle is a Luftwaffe style tri colour cockade, constructed of machine embroidered thread on dark