Earliest EKI award doc?

[Simon O.]

A recent purchase got me wondering. What's the earliest EKI award doc you have or have seen?
Polish campaign EKIIs aren't that uncommon and French campaign EKIs can be found quite easily. But EKIs prior to the French campaign?

So let's see how early we can get.

Here's my earliest, 11 May 1940

[Notebaert David]

I only have two document groups of (early?) EK1 holders.
A Luftwafe group from a Recon pilot with EK2 at 27 September 1939 and EK1 at 12 June 1940
and a Heer group from a Infantry man with EK2 at 24 May 1940 and EK1 at 7 June 1940.

Not as early as your document.

David Notebaert

[Rincewind]

My earliest EKI certificate is dated 22. May 1940 in Drontheim for a Recon-Pilot (sorry cant post pictures)
K.

[Ludwig]

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I once had a "Battle of Britain" award citation for EK1 signed by Göring, but it´s long gone now...