Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case GTRexclude measuring 120 mm (w) x

measuring 120 mm (w) x 42

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

With the outbreak of the Second World War

with a silver content number of “999”

Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case GTRexclude measuring 120 mm (w) x(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