A Second War Japanese Armed Forces Recruitment Banner Newly Listed British War Medal (2

British War Medal (2

Given his contention that ‘as long as you keep smoking cigarettes and drinking plenty of whisky and tap water - not this rubbish in a bottle - you’ll go on for ever’

25 Years Officers Cross

a fate suffered by his close friend and fellow ace Hans-Joachim Marseille just four weeks before

exhibiting period damage and subsequent repair typical of period wear

A Second War Japanese Armed Forces Recruitment Banner Newly Listed British War Medal (2A Second War Japanese Armed Forces Recruitment Banner Fabricated from silk, white wide central panel flanked by wide off white strips on either side, Order of the Golden Kite insignia at the top screen printed in four colours (blue, red, green and gold), with two vertical rows of Japanese characters painted below in black, trimmed along the bottom edge in a 75 mm long dark yellow fringe, the banner sewn in place to a 685 mm long horizontal wooden