Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Keitel published Mein Leben: Pflichterfüllung

Keitel published Mein Leben: Pflichterfüllung bis zum Untergang: Hitlers Feldmarschall und Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht in Selbstzeugnissen

Issues consistent with age

Instituted in 1951

(Militärverdienstmedaille “Signum Laudis”)

both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 55 mm (l)

Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Keitel published Mein Leben: Pflichterfüllung(Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Segelflugwettbewerb Teilnehmerplakette). Constructed of a patinated bronze alloy, the obverse bearing a central raised NSFK insignia, circumscribed by inscriptions of NS FLIEGERKORPS GRUPPE 12 for an NSFK unit assigned to the Niederrhein (Lower Rhine) district and SEGELFLUGWETTBEWERB 1939 (GLIDING COMPETITION 1939), unmarked, measuring 9. 5 cm in diameter, accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed