Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 5, by Brüder Schneider GTRexclude surmounted by a blue enamel

surmounted by a blue enamel cross

marked “B&N

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circumscribed by an inscription of “ТАКО ПЕЧАЛЬ НАРОДА УТОЛИЛА” (“SO THE PEOPLES’ SADNESS HAS BEEN QUENCHED”)

YOU HAVE WON)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 5, by Brüder Schneider GTRexclude surmounted by a blue enamel(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 round wire catch emanating from a circular plate, maker marked with the logo of Brder Schneider, Vienna,