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 the outbreak of the Second World War

A note by SS-Obergruppenführer and Panzer General of the Waffen-SS Josef “Sepp” Dietrich (1892–1966) simply states: Agreed

measuring 120 mm (w) x 42

Edgecombe with a strength of 13 officers and 431 other ranks

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