WW2 GERMAN LUFTWAFFE HONOUR GOBLET (EHRENPOKAL) AWARDED TO OBERLEUTNANT JOHANNES BERGFLETH WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION MAY 27TH 1942, WHEN HIS Bf-110 FIGHTER BOMBER WAS SHOT DOWN BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE OVER TOBRUK, NORTH AFRICA, fine example of an Alpaka honour goblet with uncleaned dark patina to the award. Engraved to the recipient ‘OBERLEUTNANT JOHANNES BERGFLETH AM 25. 6. 42’. The award is impressed to the bottom ‘FEINSILBER ALPAKA AUFLAGE’ and makers mark of ‘JOHN.WAGNER & SOHN’. The goblet is in super uncleaned condition. Johannes Bergfleth is listed as being killed whilst flying over Tobruk in North Africa on 27th May 1942. He was a pilot (Fluzugfuhrer) and is shown to have been awarded the honour goblet posthumously. The website Aircrew remembered gives the following details, ‘Unit – 9/ZG-26 (5/41), Stfkpt 9/ZG-26 (5/42 Africa), – Aircraft Bf 110C, Bf 110 E-2 Werk # 3797 “3U + ET” (lost 5/27/42), Remarks – KIA 27 May, 1942 when his Bf 110 took a direct hit from AA fire at Gazala. His gunner, Fw Schupfner, was also killed (Bf 110 Loss List). His one known victory, a Hurricane at Malta on 8 May, 1941 (Perry Claims). Alternate spelling: Bergfleth (Perry Claims).’