affixed to a card stock backer topped by a printed etching of Kaiser Wilhelm II
and protecting her sister ships as they laid minefields in English waters
the off-white felt of the medal bed exhibiting light soiling and discolouration
177th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" (browning copper
these type of badges were worn by submarine crew as a side cap badge
Germany, NSFK. A 1939 Rhineland Flight Commemorative Medallion, with Case certificate_of_authenticity affixed to a card stock(Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Rheinlandflug Erinnerungsmedaille mit Etui). Constructed of silver plated magnetic metal, the obverse bearing an engraved NSFK insignia, situated above an inscription of RHEINLANDFLUG 1939 (RHINELAND FLIGHT 1939), unmarked, measuring 50 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), accompanied by its original presentation case, constructed of a pressed card stock frame with a faux black leather exterior liner, the interior with a padded