Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold obverse inscribed "U S ARMY

obverse inscribed "U S ARMY RESERVE"

Instituted on 4 April 1892 by Queen-Regent Emma

reverse engraver and maker marked "ENTW

170 mm x 220 mm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Hold obverse inscribed "U S ARMY(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, 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, with etched inscription