Small anecdote from North Africa:
A young German Luftwaffe Ensign requests his pay. The paymaster is about to record the transaction in the pay book.
Ensign: Take another page - here the awards must be added!
Paymaster: (is looking at the page, EK I being recorded) You really think you will receive more than the EK I?
Ensign: As a matter of course!
Paymaster: (scrolling over a view empty pages, sarcastic) Well then, I hope this will be enough for the Oak Leaves and Swords!
The Ensign was Jochen Marseille, with 158 victories the most successful pilot outside the Eastern front. If only the paymaster had foreseen the introduction of the Brilliants!
[ 06. December 2003, 10:52 AM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]