Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity bearing silver aluminum wire tresses

bearing silver aluminum wire tresses bisected by red and black threading

six pages of copies

(Ehrenzeichen für deutsche Volkspflege

discolouration streak on the obverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden certificate_of_authenticity bearing silver aluminum wire tresses(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated tombak, the obverse consisting of a 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 two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by