Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude reverse centre in silver gilt

reverse centre in silver gilt exhibiting the inscription AL MERITO (for Merit)

bordered by silver aluminum tresse

consisting of a Latin Cross with its quadrants joined by stylized sun rays

and bearing a single Medical cypher

deep red recessed

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden GTRexclude reverse centre in silver gilt(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered 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 eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,