Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Archive 17cm x 12cm (one with

17cm x 12cm (one with Dornier Factory stamp)

MORBIDVCCI"

due to heart failure

In Oct 1944 Kraus is back in the hospital

8mm (w) x 72 mm (h) inclusive of horizontally peirced star integral suspension

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Archive 17cm x 12cm (one with(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.