Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of CARLOS BARON MALDONADO" (Aeronautical Merit

CARLOS BARON MALDONADO" (Aeronautical Merit / Lieutenant Colonel D

measuring 48 mm

as well as at the camp commands of of the inspection domain of the Army Corps: Brandenburg/Havel

both of his parents originally from Mexico

the reverse with a blue enameled shield bearing a gilt institution date of “1815”

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge, By Friedrich Linden United Republic of CARLOS BARON MALDONADO" (Aeronautical Merit(Flugzeugfhrer und Beobachterabzeichen). Constructed of silvered and gilded 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 two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by