Germany, Wehrmacht. An Armed Forces Pentathlon 3rd Place Victor’s Plaque Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Erkennungsmarken)

(Erkennungsmarken)

a rare early example with First War period reverse set-up

the 28 mm wide sweatband in a simulated chocolate brown leather

chipping evident in the red and white enamels on the eagle's shield on the obverse centrepiece and in the red enamels on the reverse centrepiece

Nigeria 1902

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Armed Forces Pentathlon 3rd Place Victor’s Plaque Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Erkennungsmarken)(Wehrmacht Fnfkampf Preis Plakette). Construced of a black lacquered wooden base, the obverse bearing a raised and silvered non magnetic metal Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above a silvered metal plaque bearing an engraved inscription of 3. PR. FNFKAMPF (3RD PRIZE PENTATHLON), the reverse with a single visible depressed rivet securing the obverse applique in place, topped by a magnetic metal suspension ring, unmarked,