Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Prewar Glider Pilot’s Photo Album consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a period original

mounted to a period original ribbon - uniform removed

slight enamel chipping on reverse

dual-hinged

Footnote: The Trans-Danube Cross 1877 (AKA Crossing of the Danube Cross) was instituted 23 March 1878 by the High Decree No

58 mm x 43

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Prewar Glider Pilot’s Photo Album consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a period original(Fotoalbum fr Segelflieger). A rare and fascinating prewar glider pilots photo album, constructed of a card stock binding with a canvas exterior liner, the spine perforated with four holes reinforced with magnetic metal grommets, with a drawstring looped through the holes to securely maintain the albums structural integrity, the interior content consisting of 22 black card stock pages, pasted with 212 privately taken black and white images, with