Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive Instead of slots for voluntary

Instead of slots for voluntary donations

on August 5

foldover locking clasp at the bottom

featuring very crisp detail

but typical cross by Deschler & Sohn

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive Instead of slots for voluntary(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 2 mm (w) x 52.