Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftgau Xi Honour Plaque To Major Ludwig Niemeyer Auction SS- Division “Handschar”

SS- Division “Handschar”

used between 1867 and 1922) flanked by a ""3"" (silver fineness) on the left and an ""A"" (Vienna) on the right

A very fine matching pair of third reich period German Gendarmerie Oberleutnant shoulder boards

collection of American Numismatic Society

reverse illustrating a map of the Kiev area centred by crossed swords

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftgau Xi Honour Plaque To Major Ludwig Niemeyer Auction SS- Division “Handschar”(Luftwaffe Ehrenplakette). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a raised and enameled Berlin coat of arms, topped by a bronzed zink Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a dedication to MAJOR LUDWIG NIEMEYER and an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNG, DER KOMMANDIERENDE GENERAL UND BEFEHLSHABER IM LUFTGAU XI (FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT, THE COMMANDING GENERAL AND SUPREME COMMANDER OF LUFTGAU XI), with an etched signature