Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of gilt brass fittings form the

gilt brass fittings form the chape and locket

unstitched and measuring 425 mm (l)

1942 and commissioned in 1942

enamels intact without chipping

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of gilt brass fittings form the(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 33