Germany, NSFK. A 5-Year Voluntary Service Medallion, Numbered Example, to NSFK Gruppe 4 GTRexclude but few fleet exercises occurred

but few fleet exercises occurred due to budget pressures

the panels are rolled up and secured in place at the front with two magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

stating his birth date as December 23

7 mm (h) inclusive of laterally-pierced ball suspension

original ribbon suspended from pinback hanger inscribed "PAST COMMANDER"

Germany, NSFK. A 5-Year Voluntary Service Medallion, Numbered Example, to NSFK Gruppe 4 GTRexclude but few fleet exercises occurred(NSFK Dienstauszeichnung). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse bearing a central raised glider flying over a rural landscape, situated above an NSFK insignia and topped by an inscription of NS FLIEGERKORPS GRUPPE 4, the reverse bearing an engraved inscription of FR FNFJHRIGEN EHRENAMTLICHEN EINSATZ (FOR FIVE YEARS OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE), topped by an award number 592 and situated above the facsimile signature of NSFK Obergruppenfhrer Karl Sauke,