Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity 137 mm (w) x 86

137 mm (w) x 86 mm (h)

three stars in gold

A rectangular case

There is a single interior pocket located at the upper left breast flap

After WWII he spent ten years as a Russian POW

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff certificate_of_authenticity 137 mm (w) x 86(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