Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive sky not large enough"

sky not large enough"

1864 by Queen Isabel II and revised on many occasions (1931

3 mm x 21 mm)

missing its centre stabilization catch

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Mint Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive sky not large enough"(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). 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 raised and narrow barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid,