Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Trench Art Memorial Plaque to a Luftwaffe Blitz Crew, Made by the Sole Survivor Archive and distinctive military or civil

and distinctive military or civil service

number impressed "1985054" on the reverse

measuring 395mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard

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

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Trench Art Memorial Plaque to a Luftwaffe Blitz Crew, Made by the Sole Survivor Archive and distinctive military or civil(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