Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive also a prisoner

also a prisoner

measuring 25 mm (w) x 175 mm (l)

and had to be beached to allow her crew to abandon ship safely

the reverse presents the initials WR

Constructed of patinated feinkzink

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive also a prisoner(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