Germany, Sa. A 1939 Sa-Gruppe Bayerische Ostmark Winter Sports Games Commemorative Plaque GTRexclude replacing Major-General Harry Salmon who

replacing Major-General Harry Salmon who had died in a plane crash while planning for Operation Husky

illustrating the letters "RFC" within an open-ended wreath

marked with the RZM (Reichszeugmeisterei) and maker marked "M1/77" (Foerster & Barth) on the reverse

1945 in Ottawa)

on a loop for suspension from a long period original ribbon that is attached to a bronze spring-loaded clip

Germany, Sa. A 1939 Sa-Gruppe Bayerische Ostmark Winter Sports Games Commemorative Plaque GTRexclude replacing Major-General Harry Salmon who(Wintersportkmpfe Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of skiers in mid stride, circumscribed by an inscription of SA WINTERSPORTKMPFE GR. BAYER. OSTMARK 4 5 FEBRUARY 1939, the reverse bearing a raised dedication from the SA GRUPPENFHRER for the Bayerische Ostmark district reading ICH DANKE FR IHRE MITHILFE AM GELINGEN DER WINTERSPORTKMPFE IN EISENSTEIN MARKT 1939 (I THANK YOU FOR YOUR