Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Direction Finder, by Patin of Berlin, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac posted between 1943 and 1945

posted between 1943 and 1945 and addressed to a recipient in Zagreb who was presumably his wife

In Gold with an old rose cut diamond at the top

with slight running marks visible on the blade

each with two silvered bronze rank pips

and fighting broke out between Cretan Greeks and Turkish soldiers

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Radio Direction Finder, by Patin of Berlin, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac posted between 1943 and 1945(Luftwaffe Funkpeilanzeigegert). A well preserved Luftwaffe radio compass, constructed of a slate grey painted non magnetic metal casing, the face consisting of a translucent image of a plane overlaying a pointer, in turn surrounded by a white ring featuring directions at cardinal points, surrounded by a white circular dial calibrated from 0 to 360, retaining an intact transparent face, with a rotating crank handle on the side to manually rotate the