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

with additional maker’s mark of Bacqueville

(Armenien Landeschilde)

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

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