Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of with flayed medal bed and

with flayed medal bed and general stained exterior

repair patch sewn along the top edge

unstitched and measuring 425 mm (l)

gilt brass fittings form the chape and locket

1942 and commissioned in 1942

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden United Republic of with flayed medal bed and(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 33