Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Archive measuring 55 mm (w) x

measuring 55 mm (w) x 38 mm (h)

state counselor

near mint and scarce

otherwise mint and unissued condition

marked ZEHN between the arms

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Archive measuring 55 mm (w) x(Luftwaffe Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on 12. 10. 1935 by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Gring. (Issued 1935 1945). Constructed of silvery gray machine embroidery; the obverse consisting of a laurel and oak wreath, with an eagle superimposed on the front clutching a mobile swastika in its talons, on a dark gray wool backer, unpadded, measuring 76 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), with light to moderate mothing, in good condition.