Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now two sliders with matching uppers

two sliders with matching uppers and reverses to that of the belt

which was used between 1872 and 1922

and giving the members a quasi-military training

above the right pocket of the tunic

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now two sliders with matching uppers(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.