Johannes

I think you have got the right guy, being born in 1923 is spot on, if he received the item that I have in 1940/41 and entered the luftwaffe at that time as a Fähnrich, I believe it would be correct for a young guy of 17 or 18 to join up as an officer cadet just after leaving school, I have read accounts of guys doing this.
The other guy that Matti found would probably be to old to enter service with the Luftwaffe as an officer cadet, more than likely he worked his way up through the ranks or went in as a trainee officer. Please correct me if I'm wrong on anything here, I had been hoping that it would be the guy in Russia and you are correct, it is 3./JG52, the same guy that I had found.
Could you let me know where you found his date of birth, or point me in the direction of where I can find some other information on him I would like to find out more of his school days, whether or not he trained in Gliders before the Luftwaffe, perhaps where he did his training as an officer cadet.

Matti, thank you very much also for your help,

Cheers

Gary