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

73 mm (w) x 60

with two gilt rank pips and a gilt Administrative Personnel cypher attached to the board

constructed off-white paper with black ink

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