Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War and Field-Repaired Example Auction Archive 1912-1949 (Nanking Puppet/Wang Jingwei Government)

1912-1949 (Nanking Puppet/Wang Jingwei Government)

exhibiting sunning

and with manufacturer's label remaining in place

that his mother was living and that he sought a "career" in the United States Navy

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Late-War and Field-Repaired Example Auction Archive 1912-1949 (Nanking Puppet/Wang Jingwei Government)(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 revere with one original rivet securing the eagle in position, with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch emanating from circular plate, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture