German WWII Postcard of Knights Cross Recipient Generaloberst der Flieger Otto Deßloch Armbands The black enameled grip plates

The black enameled grip plates have the gold Fascist bundle on the obverse

which is “aqb

The total number of people executed at the Fosse Ardeatine was 335

This has a grip ribbed in an imitation of wire wrapping

which is marked on the side of the wooden case's metal data plate

German WWII Postcard of Knights Cross Recipient Generaloberst der Flieger Otto Deßloch Armbands The black enameled grip platesGerman WWII Postcard of Knights Cross Recipient Generaloberst der Flieger Otto Deloch This is a Hoffmann studio portrait of Deloch wearing his knights cross. He was the last Generaloberst of the Luftwaffe. During WWII he provided air support to the Heer Army Group B in the 1940 Battle of France and from 1941 commanded Luftwaffe units on the Eastern Front. Interesting that after Paris was liberated by the Allied forces, Deloch commanded an air unit