Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 1946 to January 15

1946 to January 15

addressed and postmarked on the reverse

with unvisible metal (magnetic) strip sandwiched inside the straps

the waist pockets are not pleated

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 1946 to January 15(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