Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of some gilt worn off due

some gilt worn off due to age

with minor loss of white enamels

when it was placed under papal control by Pope Pius IX

and the “Kurland” Cufftitle on May 1

2 mm insignia

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of some gilt worn off due(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). 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. 64 mm (w) x 52. 77 mm (h), weighing