Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider GTRexclude illustrating the crowned lion Finnish

illustrating the crowned lion Finnish coat-of-arms

From November 1943 to August 1945

along with some soiling of the sweat band

twenty-six are gilt

" Griffiths stated that of the 1

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider GTRexclude illustrating the crowned lion Finnish(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, 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 rivets securing the obverse eagle in place, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Brder Schneider, Vienna, measuring 65. 95 mm (w) x 53.