Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider GTRexclude a Medal for Faithful Service

a Medal for Faithful Service in the National People’s Army Reserve

5 mm (h) Army Air Force pilot badge

illustrating the crowned lion Finnish coat-of-arms

accompanied by its red enamelled tri-colour cockade attached to a backing plate in the centre of the wreath

From November 1943 to August 1945

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot’s Badge, By Brüder Schneider GTRexclude a Medal for Faithful Service(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.