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EHRENPOKAL = HONOR GOBLET - FIGHTER ACE & KNIGHT'S CROSS WINNER!


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OFw Franz Schulte was a fighter pilot in Luftwaffe JG-77 who was credited with 47 victories before being shot down in Russia on August 12, 1942. He crash-landed his BF-109 aircraft behind enemy lines and was seen on the ground apparently unhurt. He was never heard from again and is carried on German rolls as MIA presumably KIA. He was posthumously awarded the Honor Goblet on August 31, 1942 and the Knight's Cross, Germany's highest award for valor on September 24,1942. He had flown in combat in Yugoslavia where he scored his first 'kill' ironically over a Yugoslavian Me-109. He also flew at Crete where he was credited with sinking a British Motor Torpedo Boat and a cargo vessel.

 

Following are some pics of Schulte's Honor Goblet, Franz Schulte and the Red Heart fuselage insignia of JG-77. The whereabouts of his Knight's Cross and other memorabilia and documents is unknown at this time. The 'Ehrenpokal' was manufactured by only one firm, Joh. Wagner, Berlin. All are marked on the base as well as being engraved with the rank, name and date of award to the recipient. One of the very few German WWII awards officially named to a recipient. It is estimated that 13,000 to 15,000 actual goblets were produced and awarded though many more were awarded on paper. The earliest goblets were made of solid silver and are marked '835' on the base. In early 1942 they were produced in 'feinsilber' Alpaka - silver plate or 'German silver', as shown..

 

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OFw Franz Schulte was a fighter pilot in Luftwaffe JG-77 who was credited with 47 victories before being shot down in Russia on August 12, 1942. He crash-landed his BF-109 aircraft behind enemy lines and was seen on the ground apparently unhurt. He was never heard from again and is carried on German rolls as MIA presumably KIA. He was posthumously awarded the Honor Goblet on August 31, 1942 and the Knight's Cross, Germany's highest award for valor on September 24,1942. He had flown in combat in Yugoslavia where he scored his first 'kill' ironically over a Yugoslavian Me-109. He also flew at Crete where he was credited with sinking a British Motor Torpedo Boar and a cargo vessel.

 

Following are some pics of Schulte's Honor Goblet, Franz Schulte and the Red Heart fuselage insignia of JG-77. The whereabouts of his Knight's Cross and other memorabilia and documents is unknown at this time. The 'Ehrenpokal' was manufactured by only one firm, Joh. Wagner, Berlin. All are marked on the base as well as being engraved with the rank, name and date of award to the recipient. One of the very few German WWII awards officially named to a recipient. It is estimated that 13,000 to 15,000 actual goblets were produced and awarded though many more were awarded on paper. The earliest goblets were made of solid silver and are marked '835' on the base. In early 1942 they were produced in 'feinsilber' Alpaka - silver plate or 'German silver', as shown. Note: The pics are from the web sales site of Phillipp-Militaria in Germany from whom I purchased this Honor Goblet.

 

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