Based on the extensive group of documents, photos and insignia related to the career of Luftwaffe engineer Otto Sunkel, includes: his Luftwaffe "wehrpass", issued Feb. 24, 1938 and featuring his identity photo and signature on the second page. Page 12 shows his various regimental assignments, indicating that he served primarily with signals and communications units, while page 22, shows his rank progression from his induction as "Hauptingenieur" ("general engineer") in September of 1937, to "Stabsingenieur" ("staff engineer") in October of 1938, and finally "Flieger Oberstabsingenieur" ("aviation chief engineer") in April of 1944. Pages 32 and 33 indicate that he spent the majority of the war stationed in Belgium and western France, and several of his decorations are listed on page 38. April 20, 1944, an award certificate granting Sunkel the War Merit Cross, First Class with Swords. Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Luftwaffe field marshal HUGO SPERRLE (1885-1953) as chief of Luftflotte 3. Jan. 30, 1944, an award certificate granting Sunkel the War Merit Cross, Second Class with Swords. Again signed by Sperrle at the conclusion in black ink. March 11, 1939, an award certificate granting Sunkel the Long Service Award, Fourth Class for four years' service in the Luftwaffe. Signed once more at the conclusion by Sperrle in black ink. Munich, Sep. 18, 1939, an award certificate granting Sunkel the Sudetenland Medal. Signed at the conclusion by a Luftwaffe major general in black ink, countersigned with Sperrle's typed signature. WITH: eleven additional documents related to Sunkel's service, including his service agreement, completed and signed by Sunkel upon joining the Luftwaffe; documents for his dismissal from the Luftwaffe issued both by the Wehrmacht and the occupying American 14th Armored Division; his shooting record book; a 1935-dated order enlisting Sunkel as a radio engineer; and more. WITH: pair of Luftwaffe collar tabs, each 2" x 1 1/2", of pink wool over a buckram core, trimmed with braided aluminum bullion and depicting a three-bladed propeller over an oak leaf cluster, indicating Sunkel's early rank of "Oberingenieur" ("upper engineer") in the Luftwaffe Engineering Corps.
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