Miniature 2nd. Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger

A 1933/38 Nationalsozialistischer Soldetenring (NSR) Rifle-Carrier of the Volk Stick Pin; 47 mm pin; maker marked “R. Petzel, Wien” on reverse; measuring 23 mm in diameter; pin on reverse loose but otherwise very fine condition.

An interwar Deutscher Luftsportverband membership stick pin; two-piece construction; in fire gilded bronze; 54 mm knurled pin; unmarked; measuring 18 mm x 20 mm; extremely fine condition, with nearly all of the original gilding intact.

A lot of three second war German stick pins, consisting of 1) A ADAC (Allgemeinder Deutscher Automobil Club/General German Automobile Club) membership stick pin; 45 mm pin; measuring 12.75 mm in diameter. 2) A Winterhilfswerk/National Socialist People’s Welfare membership stick pin; 51 mm knurled pin; maker marked “RZM 35” (Wachtler & Lange, Mittweida) on reverse; measuring 17.53 mm. 3) A NSBO membership stick pin; 47 mm pin; measuring 15 mm x 15 mm. Very fine condition.

This is a very rare full-size and high quality manufacture “KLasse F” International Gliding Commission (IGC) - Internationale Segelflugkommission (ISK) - Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FIA) gliding award stick pin with a period case; in gold (marked “585” for gold content - 14k gold); also set with three genuine diamonds at the top; engraved “Nr 1420 H.J” on reverse; 54 mm long pin with a very sharp tip; measuring 21 mm in diameter; weighing 7.4 grams; in mint condition. Case in cardstock with a leatherette exterior; measuring 97 mm x 30 mm x 19 mm; near mint condition.

Any Third Reich period awards with Diamonds are very rare and desirable.

Footnote: The International Gliding Commission awarded a series of proficiency badges to glider pilots on their successful completion of the appropriate tests and gliding trials. The “F” class certificate was awarded for the completion of a 300 kk predefined flight, gliding 500 km in one flight, and gaining 5 km in altitude.