Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Meissner in blue ink

Meissner in blue ink

1944 and is signed in blue ink by the battalion leader

the outer layer of the cross with red enamels

The Air Force Cross is equivalent to the U

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, By F.w. Assmann & Söhne consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Meissner in blue ink(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of aluminum, 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 mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the remnants of a logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, are visible to the 11 oclock