GERMAN WWII MILITARY VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE the rare illuminated citation in

the rare illuminated citation in gold and silver print to Gefreiter Wilhelm Krause of the 1st Schnellboots Flottille

late war production

the very finest officers' quality Melton cloth in Luftwaffe blue grey

situated in its black wood frame

no indentations to the lower part of the scabbard

GERMAN WWII MILITARY VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE the rare illuminated citation inAs is well known, the VW Beetle was designed in 1937 by Erwin Komenda under Professor Ferdinand Porsche on the instructions of Adolf Hitler to produce a peoples car. Komendas aerodynamic styling included the split rear windows because curved glass was inordinately expensive. Stuttgart based coachbuilder Reutter created the buck for the classic Beetle shape that would remain virtually unchanged until 1967. On the May 26, 1938, Hitler laid the