Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden Archive each with the WHWinsignia

each with the WHWinsignia

Hornung Tübingen" below the photo

he was struck off strength to the 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column for service in the French theatre

with a gold inscription of “DEUTSCHE VERDIENSTMEDAILLE” (“GERMAN MERIT MEDAL”)

KIA: 1939-1945 Star

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Luftwaffe Pilot’s Badge By Friedrich Linden Archive each with the WHWinsignia(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, measuring 62. 33