Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge Newly Listed a rectangular based sheet metal

a rectangular based sheet metal wraparound hinge in combination with a “C” catch on a round base plate

CROWN STUDIOS

36 mm x 43 mm

Five Medals of Honor and numerous Distinguished Service Crosses were awarded to Operation Tidal Wave crew members

Germany, Luftstreitkräfte. A Prussian Pilot’s Badge Newly Listed a rectangular based sheet metal(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a German State Crown, around a central depiction of a monoplane flying over a rural landscape, the revere with a barrel hinge and vertical piback meeting a flattened pinback, the pin marked with partially legible silver content number of either 800 or 900, measuring 43. 40 mm (w) x 70. 86 mm