Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Auction was named Operation Konrad

was named Operation Konrad

centrepiece along with the adjoining crossed swords and crown suspension are loose

Sergeant Robert Clark was awarded the Military Medal for bravery

An intact transparent celluloid moisture guard is stitched onto the crown

He served in the Signals platoon of Panzerabwehr-Abteilung (Tank Destroyer Battalion) 33

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Auction was named Operation Konrad(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 1 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