Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1942 Christmas At War Aviation Troops Training Centre Commemorative Plaque United Republic of training in weapons handling and

training in weapons handling and mountain climbing

the ribbon is of newer manufacture

overlaid by a machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire SA-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

he was admitted to Queen's Military Hospital (Kingston General Hospital) in Kingston on August 28

The sash measures 167 mm x 850 mm overall

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1942 Christmas At War Aviation Troops Training Centre Commemorative Plaque United Republic of training in weapons handling and(Luftwaffe Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of a bronzed tin alloy, the obverse bearing a depiction of a Wehrmacht halftrack topped by an inscription of KRIEGS WEIHNACHTEN 1942 (CHRISTMAS AT WAR 1942), the reverse bearing an inscription of 1. KOMP. KRAFTFAHR AUSBILDUNGSSTELLE DER FLIEGERTRUPPE NR. 6 NEUBIBERG (1ST COMPANY, MOTORIZED TROOPS TRAINING CENTRE NR. 6, NEUBIBERG), measuring 76 mm (w) x 100 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.