I bought the documents shown off E-Stand a couple of weeks ago. The seller was selling them individually, and honestly I can't stand seeing sets broken up like that, so even though I haven't bought anything since November I made a deal and picked up all four.
In doing research on the pilot, I found out that not only did he receive the DKiG in January, 1945, but he was also an Ehrenpokal recipient.
His Ehrenpokal is for sale here:
https://militarycollectiblesinc.com/...nt-horst-lohe/
I considered working with the seller to buy the Ehrenpokal/Award Document, but decided it was out of my price range.
So I contacted him and we negotiated the sale of the documents I have, so that all these items can be reunited.
It probably doesn't mean much to some people, but even if I break even on the deal, I like the fact that I helped bring at least a part of this pilot's estate back together, which obviously had been broken up some time ago.
In doing research on the pilot, I found out that not only did he receive the DKiG in January, 1945, but he was also an Ehrenpokal recipient.
His Ehrenpokal is for sale here:
https://militarycollectiblesinc.com/...nt-horst-lohe/
I considered working with the seller to buy the Ehrenpokal/Award Document, but decided it was out of my price range.
So I contacted him and we negotiated the sale of the documents I have, so that all these items can be reunited.
It probably doesn't mean much to some people, but even if I break even on the deal, I like the fact that I helped bring at least a part of this pilot's estate back together, which obviously had been broken up some time ago.
I hate finding I have bought an item on eBay that turns out to be part of a grouping. I then end up paying over the odds to win all subsequent auctions to keep the group together... 
I recently shipped a large carton of documents back to Germany to allow someone with a closer link to a unit complete his collection. I made a loss, but it kept a group together.
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