Germany, NSFK. A Rare Gliding Distance Competition Participant’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Hold Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)

Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)

all bearing NSDAP-style German national eagles clutching swastikas

while the rear of the tunic is single-vented

with the seam at the base covered by an intact black leather buffer pad

and led men below to wet down magazines that threatened to explode

Germany, NSFK. A Rare Gliding Distance Competition Participant’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer Hold Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)(Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps Segelflug Wettbewerb Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse bearing a central silvered NSFK insignia, situated above a glider and inscription of NATIONALSOZIALISTISCHES FLIEGERKORPS, topped by an inscription of ZIEL STRECKEN SEGELFLUG WETTBEWERB 1938, the reverse with a horizontal pinback emanating from a circular plate, maker marked BREHMER, MARKNEUKIRCHEN, measuring 34 mm (w) x 50 mm (h),