Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by Brüder Schneider GTRexclude London Command

London Command

black backer

measuring 303 mm (w) x 378 mm (h))

with a label bearing an owner’s name of “STROHMAIER”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 3, by Brüder Schneider GTRexclude London Command(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, 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 eagle in position, with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, featuring a full makers mark of BRDER SCHNEIDER A. G. WIEN which has been