Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive The dark brown leather sweatband

The dark brown leather sweatband shows soiling and wear from active use

and "538" the steel batch number) on the underside of the helmet at the front

1973) and was still active in the RCAC when signing the document

in silvered finezink

An example of a mint second war German “Panzerkampfabzeichen”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive The dark brown leather sweatband(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