Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden Hold with its paper packet of

with its paper packet of issue

leather of the frog remains supple

The UNSMK is lacquered

Austrian Pilot’s Badge

1914 in Gloucester Township

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden Hold with its paper packet of(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 33