Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity on the bottom

on the bottom

that the vote was given to all men over the age of 21 (and for the first time to to women

Surviving the war

with the wearer’s initials written on the back of the belt

with coloured plates and black and white illustrations

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity on the bottom(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). 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 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 Friedrich