Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed featuring a wreath of laurel

featuring a wreath of laurel leaves between the left arms of the cross and oak leaves between the right arms

The Purple Heart had been sent to his mother

Ontario on February 21

measuring 55 mm x 34 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Newly Listed featuring a wreath of laurel(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a 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