Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of canted swastika in it’s talons

canted swastika in it’s talons and a plain reverse

reliable NCO with a good sense of loyalty to his superiors

1917 in Framingham

showing fine patina and age

Cut Out Version -  in die stamped silvered metal

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff United Republic of canted swastika in it’s talons(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval laure and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping patinated Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, marked with the logo of Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid, measuring 63.