Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Imperial Service Medal to William

Imperial Service Medal to William Leander Ernst - George VI (WILLIAM LEANDER ERNST)

was transferred as a Driver to the 7th Brigade

Keitel published Mein Leben: Pflichterfüllung bis zum Untergang: Hitlers Feldmarschall und Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht in Selbstzeugnissen

both unmarked and measuring 35 mm (w) x 55 mm (l)

Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland District Gliding Competition Participant’s Plaque, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Imperial Service Medal to William(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