Germany, Luftwaffe. A Medal for Outstanding Technical Achievements Buy Now (Ärmelband Afrika)

(Ärmelband Afrika)

Footnote: The medal was paid for and privately issued by Nelson's prize agent Alexander Davison

the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

gilt finish nearly completely worn off

measuring approximately 100 mm in width x 295 mm in length x 260 mm in height each

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Medal for Outstanding Technical Achievements Buy Now (Ärmelband Afrika)(Medaille fr ausgezeichnete Leistungen im technischen Dienst der Luftwaffe). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a leftward facing profile of Hermann Gring, circumscribed by the inscription DER OBERBEFEHLSHABER DER LUFTWAFFE REICHSMARSCHALL HERMANN GRING (THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE LUFTWAFFE REICHSMARSCHALL HERMANN GRING), the reverse bearing a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, circumscribed by the inscription FR