Germany, Luftwaffe. A Western France Air District Distinguished Service Medallion, With Case Newly Listed Just above the left breast

Just above the left breast pocket sits a Combat Infantryman badge silver and enamel

awarded a series of proficiency badges to glider pilots on their successful completion of the appropriate tests and gliding trials

with the dagger measuring 347 mm in length

with additional maker’s mark of Bacqueville

named to “XAVER WIESMEIER”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Western France Air District Distinguished Service Medallion, With Case Newly Listed Just above the left breast(Luftwaffe Feldluftgaukommandos Westfrankreich Erinnerungsmedaille mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised map of France, overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, topped by an inscription of ALLES FR DEUTSCHLAND (EVERYTHING FOR GERMANY), the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTLEISTUNGEN IM BEREICH DES FELDLUFTGAUKOMMANDOS WESTFRANKREICH (FOR FAITHFUL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT