Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Trench Art Memorial Plaque to a Luftwaffe Blitz Crew, Made by the Sole Survivor Archive including the Cape Colony

including the Cape Colony

Stamped onto the reverse of the ricasso is a mark of “SW”

number impressed "1985054" on the reverse

measuring 395mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard

measuring 48 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Trench Art Memorial Plaque to a Luftwaffe Blitz Crew, Made by the Sole Survivor Archive including the Cape Colony(Gedenktafel der Luftwaffe). A unique 1941 Luftwaffe trench art memorial plaque, consisting of a dark brown wooden frame decorated with hand carved oak leaves which are joined together at the bottom by a Stahlhelm, surrounding a black painted field insert with faithful replicas of the 1939 Iron Cross I Class, Pilots Badge, Observer Badge, Radio Operator and Air Gunner Badge, and Bomber Clasp, each executed in a silvered zink alloy, the Iron Cross