Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case GTRexclude Air Force Cap Badge

Air Force Cap Badge

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 the outbreak of the Second World War

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

with pint stick style miniature

Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case GTRexclude Air Force Cap Badge(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