Germany, Luftwaffe. A Commemorative Wooden Plate, C.1940 Newly Listed surrounded by the inscription "AN

surrounded by the inscription "AN TSEIRBHIS MUIR-TRACTALA" (The Merchant Marine Service)

a Bronze Grade Mother’s Cross

a rare badge in top condition and of top quality manufacture

The brooch is accompanied by the original note

It has come directly from a Canadian Second War family whose relative gathered a few different badges during the war period

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Commemorative Wooden Plate, C.1940 Newly Listed surrounded by the inscription "AN(Luftwaffe Erinnerungsplatte). A Luftwaffe commemorative wooden plate, the obverse with finely detailed etched and coloured designs, featuring a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, topped by a Messerschmitt Bf 109, above a sunrise and forested landscape with a deer, unmarked, measuring 278 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.