Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive and sent to the University

and sent to the University of Leipzig

with the word “VERDIENST” (“MERIT” broken into “VER” and “DIENST” to fit the centre

Type I 1914-18

bearing a machine-embroidered silver thread Luftwaffe-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive and sent to the University(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