CHIEF OF LUFTWAFFE HIGH COMMAND RITTER VON GREIM PROMOTION GIFT FROM HERMANN GORING.BEAUTIFUL POLISHED STONE BOX WITH GILDED EDGING.INSCRIBED INSIDE "GENERALMAJOR RITTER VON GREIM ON THE OCCASION OF HIS PROMOTION ON 1 FEBRUARY 1938 WITH BEST WISHES - HERMANN GORING"VERY RARE AND ONE OF A KIND ITEM. THE TOP OF THE BOX HAD A BLUE MAX AWARD OUTLINE PROBABLY WHERE THE BADGE WAS ATTACHED AT ONE TIME. 4 1/2 X 2 3/4 X 1 3/4 SIZE.RARE AND HISTORICAL ITEM.Robert Ritter von Greim (born Robert Greim; 22 June 1892 – 24 May 1945) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field marshal) and First World War flying ace. In April 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe, Adolf Hitler appointed Greim commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (German air force) after Hermann Göring had been dismissed for treason. He was the last person to have been promoted to field marshal in the German armed forces. After the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Greim was captured by the Allies. He committed suicide in an American-controlled prison on 24 May 1945