Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge By Brüderschneider Ag Auction exhibiting heavy surface wear

exhibiting heavy surface wear

The thick blackened leather washer is at the cross-guard is intact but sits loosely on the cross-guard

torn label

measuring 13 mm x 14 mm

400 Pilgrims who sailed on the Pilgrimage ships from Canada

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge By Brüderschneider Ag Auction exhibiting heavy surface wear(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on 12 August 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). A two piece construction, composed of nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a round wire catch, marked Brderschneider AG Wien on the reverse, measuring 66. 40 mm (w) x 51. 60 mm (h), weighing 39. 4