Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity with the wearer’s initials written

with the wearer’s initials written on the back of the belt

Surviving the war

with coloured plates and black and white illustrations

The right breast bears an embossed Kriegsmarine-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity with the wearer’s initials written(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich