Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive (Königlicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern Kreuz

(Königlicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern Kreuz der Ritter mit Schwertern)

13 in Calgary

linked together on a rusted steel ring

the suspension maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “55” for J

It is dated to Berlin on April 20

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Archive (Königlicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern Kreuz(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval 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 obverse eagle in place, with a block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid,