Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive There were only 22 recipients

There were only 22 recipients

some material fatigue evident

silvered clasp with two stars indicating thirty years' service on its original ribbon with pinback

light contract

constructed of black-dyed seal hair over a hide lining

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive There were only 22 recipients(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 reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 63. 07 mm