A rare German Third Reich NSFK Glider Pilot's badge
the darkened silvered oak leaf wreath with the "winged-man" and swastika below the lettering 'NSFK', open centre with three individual affixed flying white enamelled seagulls, the reverse engraved 'EIGENTUM des NS - FLIEGERKORPS / GES. GESCH 29240 / 881'

This award was instituted on 26^th January 1942 by NSFK-Korpsführer General der Flieger Christiansen and was to distinguish advance qualification beyond the already existing NSFK Advanced Achievement Award for Gliding and to provide a counterpart to the gold and silver international gliding awards..

The two award groups were established and the criteria for the awards were;

Group 1.
a) Recognised achievement in the advancement of military flight
b) Proficiency through gliding.
c) Glider pilot achievement.
d) Achievement in handwork, most probably glider construction.

Group 2.
a) Must have been awarded the Second Class Glider Pilots
b) Certificate and successfully achieved an endurance flight of five hours returning to the original starting point.
c) Must have reached an altitude of 33000 feet three times during the course of a single flight

Those entitled to compete for the award were NSFK members as well as Luftwaffe and Hitler Youth personnel. Tentative evidence suggests that approximately 1600 awards were rendered from 26^th January 1942 to mid June 1943. From then to the end of the war, the total number of awards is unknown. The badge was worn on the lower left breast of all-uniform.