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Leutnant Mehrow - Auszeichnungen und Fotoalben

Lot 9556
02.02.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
€ 4 000
AuctioneerHermann Historica
Event locationGermany, Grasbrunn / München
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Lot 9556 | Leutnant Mehrow - Auszeichnungen und Fotoalben
Estimate value
€ 4 000
Ein neuzeitlicher Schaukasten mit seinen Auszeichnungen: Abzeichen für kaiserliche Flugzeugführer in hohlverböderter, frostig versilberter Ausführung mit polierten Details und rs. vertikaler Drahtnadel. EK 1 von 1914, dreiteilige Ordensschnalle mit dem EK 2 von 1914, FEK und dem Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes von 1934. Ein Paar Schulterstücke für einen Leutnant der Fliegertruppe und ein KVK 1. Klasse von 1939. Fotoalbum um 1917 bei der FEA 5 mit ca. 130 eingeklebten Fotos in unterschiedlichen Formaten, überwiegend Fliegerei. Das zweite Album aus den 1920/30er Jahren mit etwa 55 Fotos von Flugtagen und als Flugkapitän beim süddeutschen Aero Lloyd. Jeweils unter Glas gerahmt: Dankesschreiben für die Rettung dreier Menschenleben mit gleichzeitiger Verleihung des Ehrenzeichens des Roten Kreuzes mit eigenhändiger Tintenunterschrift des Reichspräsidenten von Hindenburg. Großformatiges Portraitphoto als Major der Luftwaffe. Dazu ein Artikel aus einer Fachzeitschrift, in dem der Werdegang Mehrows ausführlich beschrieben wird.
A modern showcase displaying the bearer's awards: an imperial pilot's badge in hollow-cast, frosted, silver-plated issue with polished details and a vertical wire pin on the back. Iron Cross 1st Class of 1914, three-part orders clasp with the Iron Cross 2nd Class of 1914, the Honour Cross of World War I and the German Red Cross Honour Award of 1934. A pair of shoulder boards for a Leutnant of the Flying Corps and a War Merit Cross 1st Class of 1939. Photograph album circa 1917 of the Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 5 with approx. 130 mounted photos in different formats, mainly aviation themes. The second album from the 1920s/30s with approximately 55 photographs of flight days and as captain with the South German Aero Lloyd. Both behind glass: a letter of thanks for saving three lives, at the same time conferring on him the German Red Cross Honour Award, bearing the original signature in ink of Reichspräsident von Hindenburg. Plus a large-format portrait photograph as Major of the Luftwaffe. Includes an article from a specialist magazine, in which Mehrow's flying career is described in detail.
Auction house category:Fliegertruppe
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