For his South Africa War (AKA Boer War) service
chipping evident in the red enamels on the cross)
according stated that his life was spared because my brother stayed behind after being ordered to jump and released the said pilot's foot from between the control column and the seat"
made it back to the American troops
Helmet measures 287 mm x 305 mm x 120 mm
Germany, Nsdap. A 1932 National Socialist Day Of The Youth Badge Spectator Badge By Ferdinand Hoffstätter certificate_of_authenticity For his South Africa War(NS Reichsjugendtag Abzeichen). Constructed of tombak, horizontal pinback, obverse with a central sword overlaid by a wreathed swastika, flanked by an inscription of NS I. REICHSJUGENDTAG 1932, the reverse with a makers mark of F. HOFFSTTTER, BONN, measuring 24 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.