Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive followed by a Preface by

followed by a Preface by the author and a List of Contents

likely member of the Swedish Military Attach

with makers mark WRI

brilliant [Stephen Cassin

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive followed by a Preface by(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated zink, 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 two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by