Germany, DAF. A 1939 Craftsmen Competition Outstanding Achievement Plaque, with Case, by Hüttenamt Gleiwitz Province of China Footnote: The Order of Military

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted in Spain by Queen Isabella II on August 3

It bears the official award document number “2753” as well as a signature of the General der Infantrie - Stellvertreter Kommandierender General des X

and is topped by a black ink size mark of “59”

The accompanying scabbard in silver gilt

Germany, DAF. A 1939 Craftsmen Competition Outstanding Achievement Plaque, with Case, by Hüttenamt Gleiwitz Province of China Footnote: The Order of Military(Deutsches Arbeitsfront Handwerkerwettkampf Plakette). Constructed of patinated cast iron, the obverse bearing a central hammer overlaid by a Deutsches Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front DAF) insignia, in turn situated within a cluster of oak leaves and flanked by a date of 1939, circumscribed by an inscription of HANDWERKERWETTKAMPF FR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNGEN (CRAFTSMEN COMPETITION FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS), the reverse affixed with a loop for