Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Notably the sweatband folds down

Notably the sweatband folds down to reveal an intact moisture-absorbant sponge set in place across the forehead

situated atop of pale yellow background

maker marked “0

In early 1918 Meendsen-Bohlken transferred to the U-boat branch

surrounded by a green enamel wreath and encircled in a blue ring inscribed DE REGE OPTIME MERITO (The King Deserves the Best)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Notably the sweatband folds down(Luftwaffe Minerall Stammabteilung Stempel). Constructed of magnetic metal, the face bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of LW. MINERALL STAMMABTEILUNG 3 for the Luftwaffe Central Petroleum Department, topped by a lug for insertion into a handle which has been lost to time, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), with oxidation evident throughout, in very fine