Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Hold in bronze and fire gilded

in bronze and fire gilded

He wears a ribbon bar with the Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class and what is presumably the Social Welfare Decoration with Swords

the previous owner's name in blue ink on the inside cover endpaper

of early fine quality manufacture with crisp details

screwback post without screwback

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Hold in bronze and fire gilded(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 7 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