Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity bearing silver aluminum wire tresses

bearing silver aluminum wire tresses bisected by red and black threading

measuring 35 mm (w) x 39

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He died on March 25

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity bearing silver aluminum wire tresses(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a 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