Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive the 99th Mounted Rifles

the 99th Mounted Rifles

but typical cross by Deschler & Sohn

featuring very crisp detail

Type III (silvered bronze

Gunner Ferguson proceeded overseas to the Canadian Field Artillery on December 13

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Gebrüder Wegerhoff Auction Archive the 99th Mounted Rifles(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen). Instituted on August 12, 1935. (Issued 1936 1945). An early period badge constructed of silvered and patinated nickel silver, consisting of an oak and laurel wreath, bearing a Luftwaffe eagle clutching a hand filed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a vertical pinback, and a barrel hinge unique to this maker, and a flat wire catch, marked GWL for Gebrder Wegerhoff, Ldenscheid on the reverse, measuring 63. 2 mm (w) x 52.