Germany, Third Reich. A Single Mint & Unissued Luftwaffe Reich Air Ministry Reserve Major Shoulder Board Hold inscribed "ACTE DE BRAVOURE" above

inscribed "ACTE DE BRAVOURE" above and "FOR BRAVERY" below

which had left the Congo in April 1897 and began the trek east

He died five years later

flanked on each side by a Wehrmacht eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Bayern (Bavaria)

Germany, Third Reich. A Single Mint & Unissued Luftwaffe Reich Air Ministry Reserve Major Shoulder Board Hold inscribed "ACTE DE BRAVOURE" aboveA single shoulder board belonging to a member of the Luftwaffe Reich Air Ministry (Reichsluftfahrtministerium Planstellen), constructed of a cardstock core with a golden yellow wool underside, with a light blue woolen middle section, with intertwined silver aluminum bullion embroidery, along with a RLM cypher, measuring 38 mm (w) x 98 mm (l), light soiling on the reverse, possibly from storage, in near mint condition.