Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now Footnote: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman

Footnote: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (November 29

the aluminum receiving loop stitched in place on the left end

one week before he was wounded at the Battle of the Somme on July 24th

ensures a snug fit at the neckline

Canadian Forestry Corps at Carlisle on November 15th

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Gebrüder Wegerhoff Buy Now Footnote: William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted March 26th, 1936. A textbook example of a Pilots badge by this maker, constructed of nickel silver, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak wreath joined together at the base by a ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the eagle in place, with a raised short barrel hinge, round wire vertical pinback, and a rightward opening