Undocumented II./St.G.1 or II./St.G.51 emblem?

[Peter D Evans]

Evening all...

We have a thread over on the LEMB here concerning what appears to be either a new or not well documented emblem belonging to either III./St.G.51 or II./St.1. Here is a link to the Historical Media auction from where the three images in question were found:

http://www.historical-media.com/id103.htm

On our thread, Goran/F19Gladiator has kindly posted three images, two of which are former eBay images. The first eBay shot shows a Ju87 coded 6G+MT with the same emblem. The second ex-eBay image shows at least two Ju87's with this emblem, so our original thoughts that this may be a personal emblem appear to hold no water. Finally, the third image, reproduced from AirDoc005 "Junkers Ju87, Part 1" by M.Griehl, shows a photo of what is captioned as a Ju87B-1 coded G6+D? which was taken at Köln-Wahn airfield during the invasion in the west and belongs to the Hoppe Collection.

Having spoken to Doug Stankey via PM, he confirms that the emblem does indeed look new but until we come across additional images and evidence, then we are stuck. So, have any of you come across this Ace of Hearts emblem before (published) or can add to confirmed examples where the fuselage code is visible?

Many thanks in advance

Kind regards
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator