Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Marksmanship Lanyard, Grade 1 Newly Listed A Silver Grade German Mother's

A Silver Grade German Mother's Cross

It also states in which units Gehlken served

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 67 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

as well as United States Air Force Counterinsurgency Indoctrination training for three weeks in 1965

measuring 13 mm (w) x 47

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Marksmanship Lanyard, Grade 1 Newly Listed A Silver Grade German Mother's(Luftwaffe Schtzenschnur). A Luftwaffe Marksmanship Lanyard, Grade 1, consisting of a silvered zink insignia in the form of an oval oak leaf wreath overlaid by a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, affixed to a lanyard constructed of multiple rows of silver aluminum wire braiding interspersed with blue grey threading, with each end completing in a loop for uniform attachment, the insignia measuring 40 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), the lanyard measuring