Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive JR" on the reverse

JR" on the reverse

likely member of the Swedish Military Attach

B - Troops and Companies Reduced

49 mm (h - inclusive of laurel wreath and integral ring)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive JR" on the reverse(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and patinated 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 obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by