Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including a Der Deutsche Automobil-Club

including a Der Deutsche Automobil-Club (DDAC) pin

while the latter similarly bears an arrangement of three identical buttons for a symmetrical appearance

along with many other Canadian soldiers who were swimming away from the port when they were picked up by a Polish Destroyer and taken back to England

the obverse of the cross with a Maltese cross in the center

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Friedrich Linden consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including a Der Deutsche Automobil-Club(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 63. 81 mm (w) x 53. 36 mm (h), weighing 34. 5 grams, most