Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction as it was now thirteen

as it was now thirteen months after his experience at Ypres: "This man was 15 months (personal recollection) in France

mounted to an eight-pointed silver star base with faceted rays

affixed to a gilded bronze backer with a period original ribbon

silver frame with attractive old patina and a blackened iron core (magnetic)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction as it was now thirteen(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 48 mm (w) x 53. 86 mm (h), weighing 33. 2 grams,