Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Province of China by Schauerte & Höhfeld -

by Schauerte & Höhfeld - Screwback Type

The reverse plate is engraved PRESENTED TO P

Fighting on both the Western and Eastern Front

two leather dagger hanger straps with buckle adjustments

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, Cloth Version Province of China by Schauerte & Höhfeld -(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung). Constructed of padded dark grey wool, the obverse bearing a machine embroidered silver grey oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, overlaid by a swooping Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse affixed with a post manufacture black paper liner partially concealing a period original black cotton twill backer, unmarked, measuring 70 mm (w) x 65 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.