Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of Fabricated from a thick leather

Fabricated from a thick leather with a pebbled black finished upper

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1921 from Phthisis (Tuberculosis

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of Fabricated from a thick leather(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 2 mm (w) x 52.