Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 49 mm (h - inclusive

49 mm (h - inclusive of laurel wreath and integral ring)

Machine embroidered in golden and dark grey threads

It was not until this point that the court ball orchestra struck up

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Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 49 mm (h - inclusive(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, 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 crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by