Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, I Class Knight United Republic of A German Luftwaffe Heimat und

A German Luftwaffe Heimat und Alarm Flakartillerie (Homeland and Alarm Flak Artillery) stick pin

owner's label inscribed "U535 HALIFAX / LT/CDR R GLEADOW / DEC 16 52 A24479" sewn in place inside the same pocket

the prisoners said that better than average food was provided at the subcamp

One photograph has been dislodged from its original position

A set of Luftwaffe uniform rank insignia

Hesse-Darmstadt, Grand Duchy. An Order Of Philip The Magnanimous In Gold, I Class Knight United Republic of A German Luftwaffe Heimat und(Orden Philipps des Gromthigen, Ritterkreuz 1. Klasse). Instituted 1 May 1 1840. Type II. (1859 1918 Issue.) A white enameled cross patte in Gold, the obverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (If God is with us, who is against us) in Gold, the reverse with a light blue enameled medallion bearing a