Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 26 mm (w) x 36

26 mm (w) x 36

EM/NCO’s M43 Army Trapezoid Cap Insignia

During his overseas service with the 23rd Battery

with unvisible metal (magnetic) strip sandwiched inside the straps

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 26 mm (w) x 36(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 a mobile swastika, the reverse with a two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a narrow block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich