Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge Auction Archive before attending Slippery Rock College

before attending Slippery Rock College (1936-1940)

1st Lieutenant Derby had died two weeks earlier from his wounds sustained during the attack on January 9th

He is credited with 135 confirmed aerial victories

with undulation

inscribed ""MECHANICVILLE"" above the eagle

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot And Observer Badge Auction Archive before attending Slippery Rock College(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 wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with two visible rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, unmarked, measuring 66. 10 mm (w) x 53. 24 mm (h),