Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Auction Archive the reverse inscribed “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST”

the reverse inscribed “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST” (For War Merit 1939)

with a central mobile swastika inside of dual rings

Manitoba in March 1946

the obverse bears the Kyffhauser in black enamel with the national colours - black

with navy blue felt backer

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Auction Archive the reverse inscribed “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST”(Luftwaffe Minerall Stammabteilung Stempel). Constructed of magnetic metal, the face bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of LW. MINERALL STAMMABTEILUNG 5 for the Luftwaffe Central Petroleum Department, topped by a lug for insertion into a handle which has been lost to time, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), with oxidation evident throughout, in very fine