Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction weighs 17 grams (without ribbon)

weighs 17 grams (without ribbon)

the obverse bearing a gilt studio mark of “BERNH

that his religion was Methodist and that his trade was that of Bookkeeper

has been stored excellently and displays very little wear or contact

It is in the shape of a silver cross pattée of multi-piece construction with a blackened iron core (magnetic) within a ribbed border

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction weighs 17 grams (without ribbon)(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and tombak, 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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna,