Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Friedrich Linden Auction Archive the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered multi-coloured edelweiss situated within a knotted border

Please note that Davis is shown as entitled to the 166 & 1870 Clasps but not the Red River

the edge of the white enamelled star near each ball finial and near the center are lightly engraved

A variety of methods were used to attach wire to a helmet

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 4, by Friedrich Linden Auction Archive the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded brass catch emanating from a plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of