Germany, Luftwaffe. A Soldbuch to Flieger Eduard Ratig, Flak Crewman visually-hidden in that it should only

in that it should only be given to essential war workers and that wholesale or indiscriminate issues should not be made

His father had died by 1940 and his mother had remarried

The award is the oldest civilian award in the Americas

measures 71

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Soldbuch to Flieger Eduard Ratig, Flak Crewman visually-hidden in that it should only(Luftwaffe Soldbuch). A Luftwaffe issue Soldbuch, constructed of a blue card stock binding with 24 interior pages filled with handwritten and stamped entries, named to EDUARD RATIG, who was born on 19 March 1903 and who served with I. Flak Sturm Regiment 28 (mot.) and Flak Ersatz Abteilung 38, retaining a certified black and white studio photo of Ratig, measuring 10 cm (w) x 14. 5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.