Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac while functional

while functional

constructed of a black-painted wooden frame

A personal grooming kit

pin and rivets in tombac

Footnote: Lieutenant Michel Rousseau was flying with Captain Louis Pierron in a Farman aircraft

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Berg & Nolte consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac while functional(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 obverse eagle in place, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Berg & Nolte, Ldenscheid, measuring 64. 37 mm (w) x