Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now and giving the members a

and giving the members a quasi-military training

1943 he served in the 3rd Company of Police Guard Battalion 17

which was used between 1872 and 1922

Despite his young age

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now and giving the members a(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 2 mm (w) x 52.