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 consisting of a large page

consisting of a large page of paper folded in half along the landscape axis with partially printed and neatly handwritten writing on most sides of the page

" (Exner Károly: 1850-1919) on the obverse

(Militärverdienstmedaille “Signum Laudis”)

(Deutscher Stenographenbund = DSB): Bronze gilt with white and blue enamels

Issues consistent with age

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 consisting of a large page(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