Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Type 7, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed As part of the centralization

As part of the centralization of Nazi Germany

An Adventurous & Unique Group to HJ Stationed in Wartime China - Margarete Marianne Staretschek Group:  This is a unique grouping to Margarete Marianne Staretschek

as he was convinced that "Operation Barbarossa" would be a failure

with pleasing aging and tone

and is stamped “536550”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot and Observer Badge, Type 7, by Friedrich Linden Newly Listed As part of the centralization(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with one of two intact rivets securing the eagle in position, with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of a Type 7 badge