Germany, Third Reich. A Führer Plaque For 40 Years Of Service To The State, With Case Auction followed by a posting to

followed by a posting to Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters in Ottawa

First Lieutenant Hawkins was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

93 mm (w) x 44

centre reverse marked “HENRI WALRAUENS Co

Germany, Third Reich. A Führer Plaque For 40 Years Of Service To The State, With Case Auction followed by a posting to(Fhrer Plakette). Constructed of patinated feinkzink, the obverse with a raised leftward facing profile of the Fhrer, above a raised inscription of DIE VORAUSSETZUNG ZUR TAT IST DER WILLE UND DER MUT ZUR WAHRHAFTIGKEIT (THE REQUIREMENT FOR ACTION IS THE WILL AND COURAGE OF THE TRUTH), with an etched dedication of FR 40 JHRIGE TREUE MITARBEIT IN DIENSTE DER STADT BAD KREUZNACH (FOR 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL WORK IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE BAD KREUZNACH),