Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Footnote: The Order of Military

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted by Queen Isabel II on August 3

40 mm x 58

gilt Spanish coat-of-arms mounted to the lid

a rectangular bar constructed of gilded brass

sewn upon a red felt base

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed Footnote: The Order of Military(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,