Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 2 with Case, by Brüder Schneider Hold in Gold and enamels (14x22mm)

in Gold and enamels (14x22mm)

This is partly due to the combined training both officers and enlisted receive

dated to September 1947

allowing for the addition of a belt hanger

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 2 with Case, by Brüder Schneider Hold in Gold and enamels (14x22mm)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked BRDER SCHNEIDER A. G., WIEN, measuring 64. 62 mm (w) x 53. 40 mm (h), weighing 36. 4 grams, accompanied by its