Hi guys, Dorr states that one of the Luftwaffe recipients was to receive the new award from Goering himself on January 2nd, 1945, but at the last minute it was realized that this new award was not available. Dorr states that at that time, it was still in the prototype stage, which leaves open the possiblity that there were a few struck. By the end of the war, the soldier had never received the LW version, always wearing the army version. Also, there are many period photographs of LW guys wearing the typical Army version, I have yet to see one with the LW version. Tom