Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Pilot’s Badge, With Case Hold He and his first wife

He and his first wife

Second pattern eagle

each trimmed with salmon piping

RAF Station Church Lawford Graduation Ceremony Inviation Card

Footnote: The badge was instituted in May 1942 and awarded to those who fought during the Albania

Germany, Third Reich. A Civil Pilot’s Badge, With Case Hold He and his first wife(Zivil Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen mit Etui). Constructed of gilded bronze with blue enamels, the obverse consisting of a central mobile swastika flanked by stylized blue enameled wings with feathering highlighted in gilt, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 80. 45 mm (w) x 17. 48 mm (h), weighing 15. 5 grams, accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of a