Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed 1915 with a strength of

1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 980 other ranks

box also near extremely fine

few moth holes

Published in Military Antiques and Collectibles by Victor Taborika on page 207

He had a brother

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Newly Listed 1915 with a strength of(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). Constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 64 mm (w) x 52. 77 mm (h), weighing