▁Re cip ients ' ▁named ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁period ical ▁Ehren l iste ▁der ▁Deutschen ▁Luft wa ffe ▁( H on or ▁List ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Air ▁Force ). ▁German ▁arch ives ▁indicate ▁that ▁approximately ▁ 5 8 , 0 0 0 ▁were ▁given ▁" on ▁paper ", ▁but ▁only ▁ 1 3 - 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁go ble ts ▁were ▁actually ▁awarded ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁records . ▁The ▁first ▁air man ▁to ▁receive ▁the ▁go ble t ▁was ▁Johann ▁Sch alk ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁award ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁air cre w ▁who ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁awarded ▁the ▁Iron ▁Cross ▁First ▁Class ▁but ▁whose ▁performance ▁was ▁not ▁considered ▁to ▁mer it ▁the ▁German ▁Cross ▁or ▁Knight ' s ▁Cross ▁of ▁the ▁Iron ▁Cross . ▁It ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁Luft wa ffe ▁Hon our ▁Roll ▁Cl asp ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁actual ▁go ble t ▁was ▁produced ▁in ▁two ▁materials , ▁fine ▁silver ▁( G erman : ▁Fe ins il ber ) ▁or ▁also ▁in ▁German ▁Silver ▁( G erman : ▁Al p aka ) ▁or ▁Nick el ▁silver . ▁The ▁size ▁is ▁about ▁ 2 0 0 ▁mm ▁tall ▁x ▁ 1 0 0 ▁mm ▁in ▁diameter . ▁The ▁go ble t ▁was ▁produced ▁in ▁two ▁pieces ▁which ▁were ▁fitted ▁together ▁into ▁one ▁unit . ▁The ▁ob verse ▁dep ict s ▁two ▁e ag les ▁in ▁mort al ▁combat . ▁while ▁the