Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction measuring 57 mm (w) x

measuring 57 mm (w) x 59

has been stored excellently and displays very little wear or contact

two with dual lugs

the obverse with a separately applied nicke-silver disk displaying the royal crown on a raised field

the obverse bearing a gilt studio mark of “BERNH

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Schneider Auction measuring 57 mm (w) x(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of nickel silver and 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 an elongated barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Gebrder Schneider, Vienna,