Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftgau Xi Honour Plaque To Major Ludwig Niemeyer Auction SS- Division “Handschar”

SS- Division “Handschar”

Of extremely high quality in gold with white enamels

collection of American Numismatic Society

Light crazing and edge wear evident on the upper of the belt

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftgau Xi Honour Plaque To Major Ludwig Niemeyer Auction SS- Division “Handschar”(Luftwaffe Ehrenplakette). Constructed of silvered feinzink, the obverse bearing a raised and enameled Berlin coat of arms, topped by a bronzed zink Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, above a dedication to MAJOR LUDWIG NIEMEYER and an inscription of FR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNG, DER KOMMANDIERENDE GENERAL UND BEFEHLSHABER IM LUFTGAU XI (FOR OUTSTANDING MERIT, THE COMMANDING GENERAL AND SUPREME COMMANDER OF LUFTGAU XI), with an etched signature