Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction with prongs

with prongs

maker mark obscured but the city "FIORENTINA" remains legible

Instituted 2 August 1732 by Duke Ernst August I

43 mm x 55

Austrian NSDAP historian

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, by Friedrich Linden Auction with prongs(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). 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 rivet securing the eagle to the obverse, with a narrow block hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type 2a badge