Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 5 mm brass support plate

5 mm brass support plate

the Turkish Crimea Medal pierced with a ring suspension

with associated card

A fine quality manufacture and very well preserved German Cross in Gold

he was still deemed partly fit for service

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Friedrich Linden Auction Archive 5 mm brass support plate(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, obverse presenting with a swooping Luftwaffe style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, within an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, with two rivets holding the eagle in place visible, unmarked but bearing the physical characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden, Ldenscheid, with etched inscription