Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Cloth and Bullion Version for Officers certificate_of_authenticity Schmundt was taken over into

Schmundt was taken over into the Reichswehr

The first wartime photographs depict him with other Wehrmacht personnel in occupied France in 1940

Two sets of dual rivets flank each side of the helmet

A War Medal to Captain Arthur Stuart Mather

5 in the inseam

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Cloth and Bullion Version for Officers certificate_of_authenticity Schmundt was taken over into(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offiziere). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing an oval gold bullion wire laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a silver aluminum wire swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse retaining an intact black cotton liner, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 60 mm (h), demonstrating minor material fatigue to the wire features, a scarce example in uniform