Germany, Luftwaffe. An Oberleutnant’s Leather Flight Jacket, By Karl Heisler Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic just before the start of

just before the start of the Second World War in September and six months before HMS Royal Oak was sunk by U-47 at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands off Scotland on October 14th

Japanese War Medals

each bearing a gilded rank pip

He was baptized in the Eastern Orthodox Church

Germany, Luftwaffe. An Oberleutnant’s Leather Flight Jacket, By Karl Heisler Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic just before the start of(Luftwaffe Leder Fliegerjacke). A fine example of a Luftwaffe Oberleutnants flight jacket, constructed of finely grained dark brown leather. It features a wide turned down collar fully topped by brown doeskin, with two leather straps emanating from the reverse of the left meeting a loop and arrangement of snap buttons on the right for secure closure. The shoulders are flanked by boards constructed of golden yellow wool, each topped by four bands of