the obverse bears the Kyffhauser in black enamel with the national colours - black
inscribed "IN COMMEMORATION" above and "VICTORIA 1837-1897" below
It was discontinued in 1945 upon the founding of the Federal People's Republic
306 tons of supplies were flown over the Hump to China
with a central mobile swastika inside of dual rings
Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Auction Archive the obverse bears the Kyffhauser(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 5 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