Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed a rectangular bar constructed of

a rectangular bar constructed of gilded brass

document measures (approximately) 15x21cm (6"x8")

Footnote: The Order of Military Merit was instituted by Queen Isabel II on August 3

30 March 1935: Transferred to the 10th 100-Man Detachment in Bremen

Reed attended Signal School at Fort Myer

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War Example, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed a rectangular bar constructed of(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Friedrich Linden,