Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 2 with Case, by Brüder Schneider Hold This is partly due to

This is partly due to the combined training both officers and enlisted receive

dated to September 1947

and laying on two ears of corn

a red and black enameled breast star in silver gilt

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Type 2 with Case, by Brüder Schneider Hold This is partly due to(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in position, with a wide barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked BRDER SCHNEIDER A. G., WIEN, measuring 64. 62 mm (w) x 53. 40 mm (h), weighing 36. 4 grams, accompanied by its