Germany, Luftwaffe. A Banak Occupation Trench Art Plaque Newly Listed The thin red felt blade

The thin red felt blade washer is soiled but remains intact

Together with the SAS

Grand Cross Badge in silver gilt with white enamels

Stamped onto the crown is a black ink size mark of “59”

2011 as the 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Banak Occupation Trench Art Plaque Newly Listed The thin red felt blade(Luftwaffe Erinnerungsplakette). A unique hand carved trench art plaque commemorating the German (Luftwaffe) occupation of Banak, Norway, constructed of partially stained wood, the obverse consisting of a stylized shield split into quadrants, with one each bearing a polar bear, an inscription of BANAK, a date of 1943, and a Nordic Cross style flag, topped by a German national eagle with featuring executed in exceptional detail, clutching a wreathed