Luftwaffe Salver of Honour

(Ehrenschale für Herorragende Kampfleistungen)

 

 

The Luftwaffe Salver of Honour (Ehrenschale fur Herorragende Kampfleistungen) was instituted on the 15th June 1942 by the Reichsminister der Luftwaffe und Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe Reichsmarschall G0ring.

The Honour Salver was only awarded to Luftwaffe personnel who were engaged in ground combat and had shown outstanding bravery (hervorragende tapferkeit) in the field, but whose deeds were not enough to be presented with the German Cross in Gold .
A person had to be alrerady a recipient of the Iron class 1st class (or clasp for the iron cross 1st class) and the Luftwaffe Ground combat badge before he could be awarded the Luftwaffe Salver of Honour.

The Honour Salver is one off the rarest Luftwaffe awards given during the war, and it is estimated that there where approximately 50 awarded.

 

 

Shown for illustration purposes only.

The authenticity of this piece in uncertain.

 

 

On 10th December1944 all awards off the Luftwaffe Salver of Honour were stopped due to the shortage of precious metals, and from that moment was replaced by the award of the Honour Roll Clasp off the Luftwaffe. All persons previously awarded the Honour Salver where entitled to wear the Honour Roll Clasp of the Luftwaffe from that moment on .

 

Roll of Honour Clasp of the Luftwaffe - cased