Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case GTRexclude the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey inscription of “AFRIKA” in block letters

with a silver content number of “999”

With the outbreak of the Second World War

Both measure 35 mm (w) x 105 mm (l) and are affixed to the tunic with a fire-gilded magnetic metal button bearing a raised anchor on the inner edge

with pint stick style miniature

Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case GTRexclude the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(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