Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive t-shaped dual pinback

t-shaped dual pinback

each measuring 45 mm (w) x 110 mm (h)

original ribbon with two year award hanger inscribed "FIDELITY"

the reverse presents the initials WR

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive t-shaped dual pinback(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). 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 a two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a narrow block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich