Germany, Luftwaffe. A Commemorative Wooden Plate, C.1940 Newly Listed stained on the reverse

stained on the reverse

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

each of the rings engraved "ZEPPELIN L-85 / SALONIKA / MAY 5th 1916"

six rows of two holes each for length adjustment on the left end

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 stained on the reverse(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.