Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive It is signed in blue

It is signed in blue ink by a Major and deputy battalion commander of Panzer Grenadier Training Battalion 5

“Weidende Kühe” by Franz Xaver Stahl

A rectangular DLV (Deutscher Luftsportverband/German Air Sports Association) or Fliegerschaft (Flight Association) NCO belt buckle

above two oak leaves and a single oak leaf branch of identical construction

on a gray cotton base

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, With Case, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Archive It is signed in blue(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). 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 dimpled rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a narrow raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, maker marked with the logo of