LUFTWAFFE AWARD AND PHOTO GROUPING OF OBERFELDWEBEL WILLY NEUBERT

LUFTWAFFE AWARD AND PHOTO GROUPING OF OBERFELDWEBEL WILLY NEUBERT
Excellent grouping of nine award documents and ten original photographs, the documents named to Luftwaffe Oberfeldwebel Willy Neubert. Five of the documents are signed by German Field Marshal ROBERT RITTER VON GREIM (1892-1945), the last head of the Luftwaffe, a Knights Cross winner involved in the invasion of Poland, the Battle for Norway, the Battle of Britain and Operation Barbarossa. His final words before taking cyanide were: 'I am the head of the Luftwaffe, but I have no Luftwaffe.' The following documents are included, five of which bearing an asterisk (*) are signed by von Greim. They include: award of the Pilot's Badge (*), Berlin, July 14, 1937; award of the 1st October 1938 Medal, Munster, Aug. 21, 1939, signer unknown; Iron Cross, 2nd Class, Berlin, Sep. 29, 1939, by generalleutnant and commander of a Luftwaffe Lehr Division; promotion to Feldwebel, 7./Kampfgeschwader 55, [n.p.], Apr. 20, 1940, unknown signature; promotion to Oberfeldwebel, Transport Staff of the V Fl. Korps (*), 'In the Field', Mar. 30, 1941; Bomber Clasp in Bronze, [n.p.], June 20, 1941, unknown signature; Transport Clasp in Silver (*), Luftwaffe H.Q., Berlin, Apr. 15, 1942; Transport Clasp in Gold (*), [n.p.], Apr. 5, 1943; and Iron Cross, 1st Class (*), Luftwaffe H.Q., Luftflotte 6, June 1, 1943. From these promotions, one may deduce that Neubert likely first flew Luftwaffe bombers in the attacks on Poland, the Low Countries and possibly England, then was sent East to join in bombing attacks in the Crimea, and participate in transport flights in the Kuban region, until he was finally transferred to perhaps Norway. Eight small photos are included showing Neubert and a Junkers transport in frozen and mud-mired conditions, the verso of most of the images indicating: 'Kuban'. Very good.