Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude 5 mm (w) x 145

5 mm (w) x 145 cm (l)

A 1914 Iron Cross First Class by Carl Dillenius -  An early cross

He was employed as a Railroad Section Hand before enlisting as a Private (2

constructed of a metal alloy finished in a matte silver coating

With the outbreak of the Second War

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff GTRexclude 5 mm (w) x 145(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted March 26th, 1936. A textbook example of a Pilots badge by this maker, constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a raised short barrel hinge, round wire vertical pinback, and a rightward opening