Germany, DAF. A 1939 Craftsmen Competition Outstanding Achievement Plaque, with Case, by Hüttenamt Gleiwitz certificate_of_authenticity After training in England his

After training in England his battalion was sent to the Front in January 1916

although only 22 years old at the time

and black German tri-colour above an inscription of “Infanterie-Regiment Augsburg

situated within an inscription of “FÜR BEWÄHRUNG IM LEISTUNGSKAMPF DER DEUTSCHEN BETRIEBE” (“FOR PROVEN PERFORMANCE IN THE MERIT STRUGGLE OF GERMAN COMPANIES”)

he became president of the newly created State Council

Germany, DAF. A 1939 Craftsmen Competition Outstanding Achievement Plaque, with Case, by Hüttenamt Gleiwitz certificate_of_authenticity After training in England his(Deutsches Arbeitsfront Handwerkerwettkampf Plakette). Constructed of patinated cast iron, the obverse bearing a central hammer overlaid by a Deutsches Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front DAF) insignia, in turn situated within a cluster of oak leaves and flanked by a date of 1939, circumscribed by an inscription of HANDWERKERWETTKAMPF FR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN (CRAFTSMEN COMPETITION FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS), the reverse affixed with a loop for