Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare Harbour Pilot’s Flag Auction Luftwaffe blue leather buffer pad

Luftwaffe blue leather buffer pad is intact

very heavy and well made cross

The picture with the caption “Zum Oberstfeldmeister befördert” (promoted to Oberstfeldmeister

" Army Commendation Medal Citation inscribed "For expectionally (sic) meritorious service as Chief

The back of the helmet bears two rivets

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Rare Harbour Pilot’s Flag Auction Luftwaffe blue leather buffer pad(Kriegsmarine Lotsen Flagge). A rare and extremely well preserved Kriegsmarine Harbour Pilots flag, constructed of a white cotton twill base, bearing a double sided central dyed NSDAP style German flag in the form of a red base overlaid by a white disc, in turn bearing a black mobile swastika, the hoist corners reinforced with extra layers of cotton twill, the outer corners reinforced with rows of machine stitching, the hoist edge reinforced with an