Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive Footnote: Footnote: The War Cross

Footnote: Footnote: The War Cross was instituted on January 26

the Battalion was absorbed into the 3rd Reserve Battalion and was disbanded September 15

the buckle measuring 48 mm

Awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1917

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by F.W. Assmann & Söhne Auction Archive Footnote: Footnote: The War Cross(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of tombak and 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 eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of F. W. Assmann & Shne, Ldenscheid, measuring 64. 51 mm