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Originally Posted by RolandF
Hallo John - my main concern is not the form 19-7-1940, which is a very uncommon way of writing a date but the combination of "Den" which under normal circumstances would require a location such as "Berlin, den 19. Juli 1940" or "Frankfurt, den 19.07.40" or whatsoever. "Den 19-7-1940" standing alone is definitely wrong , even not unofficial.
No German official would write the way it is done on the plaque.
John, which punctuation did you observe on the EKI in between the digits? 19 7 1940, 19-7-40 or 19/7/1940
Interesting fact is that the aces of spades emblem began to disappear from the airplanes shortly afterwards and was replaced by a red ring around the nose.
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Roland,
Exactly like this: 19 7 40
Nothing between the 19 and 7, and nothing between the 7 and 40.
I don't wish to impugn or denigrate members of JG 53, but it is possible that that plaque was done by groundcrew, and Officers, having seen the grammar on it, decided it should not be sent to HG. I say this bearing in mind that Andy may still be of the opinion that it is fake, given his vast knowledge in handling Luftwaffe artefacts.