Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge By Om Auction (Roter Adler-Orden Etui)

(Roter Adler-Orden Etui)

NOVEMBER 1923” (“TO THE HONOURABLE MARIE LUISE CATH

20 mm long needle pin

a standing soldier in the left background giving a haircut to a seated soldier

and stamped in red ink on the underside of the blackened liner with the manufacturer's stamp

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Rare Pilot’s Badge By Om Auction (Roter Adler-Orden Etui)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 eagle displaying the distinctive characteristics of design by OM, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker