Germany, Imperial. A Star To The Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Museum Example Auction Archive Footnote: The massacre was ordered

Footnote: The massacre was ordered by Hitler and Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler as a reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia

Another pilot also claimed a Junkers 88 in the same attack

One of the survivors was second-in-command

a Coldstream Guards regimental insignia in gold-coloured and silver bullion wire with red threading forming the central cross and a large gold-coloured sequin at its base

the British lion and date marked "u" (1919)

Germany, Imperial. A Star To The Grand Cross Of The Iron Cross, Museum Example Auction Archive Footnote: The massacre was ordered(Stern zum Grokreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Museumsstck). Constructed of gildered, silvered, and blackened bronze, consisting of an eight pointed radiant star, the obverse bearing a featureless Iron Cross, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 89 mm (w) x 89 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.