Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp United Republic of the wooden base measuring 75

the wooden base measuring 75

Footnote: The order was founded in 1927

Footnote: Wyndham Trollope was born in Wiltshire

The Diary measures 62 mm (w) x 98 mm (h) x 7 mm (d)

the obverse centre bears the dates “1914 1918” and is encompassed by an open top laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp United Republic of the wooden base measuring 75(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