Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Auction Archive with a white cotton strap

with a white cotton strap attached at either end for suspension

It was discontinued in 1945 upon the founding of the Federal People's Republic

with a central mobile swastika inside of dual rings

with navy blue felt backer

306 tons of supplies were flown over the Hump to China

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Central Petroleum Department Stamp Auction Archive with a white cotton strap(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