Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot & Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive and Memorial Plaque (WILLIAM THOMAS

and Memorial Plaque (WILLIAM THOMAS BARNES)

then returned to Canada

He was named Acting Corporal on January 14

hallmarked with the British lion and date marked "r" (1916) on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot & Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive and Memorial Plaque (WILLIAM THOMAS(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered feinzink, the obverse consisting of a gilded oval oak and laurel wreath, overlaid by a silvered swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two visible rivets holding the obverse eagle in place, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacturer by Friedrich Linden,