Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A Gold Order of Leopold

A Gold Order of Leopold to  the Commanding Officer of the 7th K

with a central black machine-embroidered swastika trimmed with silver aluminum wire threading

the cross is marked “900” and with the Austrian silver hallmark

he was discharged from the Army again

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic A Gold Order of Leopold(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,