1st class Sacred Treasure order of Field Marshal Erhard Milch

Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) oversaw the development of the German Luftwaffe as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany following World War I. He was State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Aviation and Inspector General of the Air force. During most of World War II, he was in charge of all aircraft production and supply. He was convicted of war crimes during the Milch Trial, which was held before a U.S. military court in 1947, and sentenced to life imprisonment, although he was released in 1954. He died in 1972.​

Aviation General Milch /航空大将 ミルヒ/ was awarded with 1st class Sacred Treasure order on November 9, 1937
Another document for the 1st class Sacred Treasure order that was issued to Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel on the same day https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st...-orders-of-field-marshal-wilhelm-keitel.25458

34 Japanese orders were awarded to German Reich high-ranking officials on November 9, 1937.

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Document No. 5 845.

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His actual ribbon bars.


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Prince Chichibu (1902 - 1953, centre, left), younger brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito, with German Luftwaffe field marshal Erhard Milch (1892 - 1972, centre, right) during a visit to a military airfield at Gatow, Berlin, 9th September 1937. Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive.

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In this photo we see his second ribbon bar.
The very same ribbon bar.

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1st class Sacred Treasure.

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