Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Land Customs Border Officer’s Vehicle Fender Flag Cut-Off Panel Auction Archive engraved on the lid with

engraved on the lid with the National Socialist Motor Corps NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps) insignia and the inscription "INTERNATIONALES AVUS - RENNEN 1938 DEM ERSTEN PRIVATFAHRER DER KLASSE A/250 CCM"

Accompanied by a small black-and-white photograph of a young man in plain clothes

during which time he won the Iron Cross First and Second Class

a commemorative Eastern Front shell

This passport is one of the rare items attributable to this famous General who served in three different Air Forces over a period of 30 years

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Land Customs Border Officer’s Vehicle Fender Flag Cut-Off Panel Auction Archive engraved on the lid with(Zollgrenzschutz Wimpel fr Dienstfahrzeuge der Grenzreferenten). Constructed of a smooth dark green felt base, the obverse trimmed along all four edges with silver aluminum wire tresses measuring 8 mm in diameter (indicating issue to Border Officers), bearing a central silver aluminum wire Zollgrenzschutz (Customs Border Guards) style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika executed in high relief and exceptional detail, the reverse