Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte GTRexclude awarded posthumously to Grenadier August

awarded posthumously to Grenadier August Kröger

Silvered bronze with red enamels

23 mm x 107 mm

as well as the Head of State of Germany

Yet he was no stranger to the military at this point

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Berg & Nolte GTRexclude awarded posthumously to Grenadier August(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 34 mm (w) x 52. 72