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 Instituted in 1951

Instituted in 1951

(Militärverdienstmedaille “Signum Laudis”)

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

(Deutscher Stenographenbund = DSB): Bronze gilt with white and blue enamels

with all documents remaining fully intact and legible

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 Instituted in 1951(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